The construct validity of two physical self-concept measures: An example from Turkey

The study was intended to investigate the construct validity of two well accepted physical self-instruments -PSPP and PSDQ- for non-English speaking university students. 217 volunteered (98 males; M age=22.7±2.12 and 119 females; M age=21.6±1.42) university students completed The Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) (Fox, K.R., & Corbin, C.B. (1989). The physical self-perception profile: Development and preliminary validation. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11, 408–430), Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) (Marsh, H.W., Richards, G.E., Johnson, S., Roche, L. & Tremayne, P. (1994). Physical Self-Description Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and an multitrait-multimethod analysis of relations to existing instruments. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16, 270–305), and Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (Karaca, A., Ergen, E. & Koruç, Z. (2000). The reliability and validity of Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (PAAQ). Hacettepe Journal of Sport Sciences, 11 17–28). Body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength and flexibility were assessed as physical fitness measures in this study. Zero order and partial correlation analyses were used to examine the construct validity. PSPP and PSDQ scales were correlated with corresponding physical fitness measures. The correlations were moderate and supported the expected pattern. The obtained results provide the initial evidence for the construct validity of PSPP and PSDQ for non-English speaking Turkish university students.