Marina Pereira Gonçalves

Youth Sport Values Questionnaire-2 (ysvq-2): evidências de validade para o contexto brasileiro

***Youth Sport Values Questionnaire-2 (Ysvq-2): evidence of validity to a Brazilian context*** The aim of this study was to adapt and to validate the Youth Sport Values Questionnaire-2 (YSVQ-2) in the Brazilian context through two studies: In Study 1, with the participation of 181 young athletes, a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed and three factors were identified that were consistent with the original study. However with internal consistency index (Cronbach’s alpha) acceptable only two factors (status: α = 0.62; moral: α = 0.70), the competence factor was slightly below the acceptable (α = 0.56). Study 2 aimed at confirming the factor structure of the YSVQ-2, with a new sample of 200 young athletes. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted (CFA) and results indicated goodness-of-fit indexes close to the recommended values: χ²(148) = 108.43, p < 0.001, χ²/df = 2.26, GFI = 0.92, CFI = 0.90, RMSEA = 0.08 (IC90% = 0.06 0.10). Therefore, the study showed evidences of construct validity of the YSVQ-2 to a Brazilian context, however new validity studies of this instrument are recommended.