Spiteri Karl, Xerri de Caro John, Grafton Kate, Broom David
Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University; ; Physiotherapy Department, St Vincent de Paul Long Term Care Facility.
Physiotherapy Department, University of Malta.
Health Psychol Res. 2022 Aug 25;10(3):37515. doi: 10.52965/001c.37515. eCollection 2022.
Consideration of psychological factors towards exercise participation is important, especially when placed within a cultural context.
The aim of this study was to translate the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale and Exercise Motivation Inventory-2 to Maltese and undertake psychometric testing.
Maltese-speaking participants (n = 170) aged 18 to 69 years were recruited. 72% completed both questionnaires twice within an 8-to 48-hour period. Reliability was calculated using the Spearman correlation, intraclass correlation coefficient, and Bland-Altman plots. Convergent construct validity was tested using Spearman correlation between theoretical variables.
In total 155 participants completed the questionnaires at both time points. The test/re-test reliability of the two questionnaires was >0.7 for all analyses. Correlations for validity were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
The translated tools have similar psychometric properties to the original version; the authors recommend that health care professionals and physical activity practitioners use these tools when examining population-level physical activity behaviour among Maltese-speaking individuals.
考虑心理因素对运动参与的影响很重要，尤其是在文化背景下。
本研究旨在将《运动益处/障碍量表》和《运动动机量表-2》翻译成马耳他语并进行心理测量测试。
招募了18至69岁讲马耳他语的参与者（n = 170）。72%的参与者在8至48小时内两次完成了两份问卷。使用斯皮尔曼相关性、组内相关性系数和布兰德-奥特曼图计算信度。使用理论变量之间的斯皮尔曼相关性测试收敛性结构效度。
共有155名参与者在两个时间点都完成了问卷。两份问卷的重测信度在所有分析中均>0.7。效度相关性具有统计学意义（p < 0.05）。
翻译后的工具具有与原始版本相似的心理测量特性；作者建议医疗保健专业人员和体育活动从业者在研究讲马耳他语人群的群体水平身体活动行为时使用这些工具。
