School of Physical Education, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao, Jiangxi, 334000, China.
Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, 16150, Malaysia.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 10;24(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17596-2.
Self-efficacy has been recognized as a critical component in people's participation and maintenance of physical activity. This study aims to validate the Chinese version of the Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale (ESE) among Chinese children and adolescents using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
A cross-sectional study was conducted on two primary and two secondary schools in central China. The ESE scale was translated into Chinese (ESE-C) using the standard forward-backward translation method. Data were analyzed using Mplus 8 for the CFA.
The final model showed a satisfactory level of goodness-of-fit (CFI = 0.918; TLI = 0.905; SRMR = 0.043; RMSEA = 0.066), indicating a good construct validity of the ESE-C for children and adolescents in mainland China. Furthermore, the final ESE-C model achieved composite reliability values of 0.963 and average variance extraction values of 0.597, indicating sufficient convergent and discriminant validity. Besides, the Cronbach's alpha value was 0.964, demonstrating excellent internal consistency of the ESE-C scale.
The ESE-C scale is a valid instrument for assessing exercise self-efficacy among children and adolescents in mainland China.
自我效能感已被认为是人们参与和维持体育活动的关键因素。本研究旨在通过验证性因子分析（CFA），验证中文版锻炼自我效能量表（ESE）在中国儿童和青少年中的适用性。
在中国中部的两所小学和两所中学进行了一项横断面研究。ESE 量表采用标准的正向-反向翻译法翻译成中文（ESE-C）。使用 Mplus 8 对 CFA 进行数据分析。
最终模型显示出良好的拟合优度（CFI=0.918；TLI=0.905；SRMR=0.043；RMSEA=0.066），表明 ESE-C 对中国大陆儿童和青少年具有良好的结构效度。此外，最终的 ESE-C 模型达到了 0.963 的综合可靠性值和 0.597 的平均方差提取值，表明具有足够的收敛和区分效度。此外，Cronbach's alpha 值为 0.964，表明 ESE-C 量表具有极好的内部一致性。
ESE-C 量表是评估中国大陆儿童和青少年锻炼自我效能感的有效工具。
