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Adapted sports practice has increased in recent years, and has now put an additional demand on research to further explore and understand the characteristics of this field of practice. The main aim of this study was to examine the serial mediation effects of motivation and affective activation in relationships between passion and satisfaction with life in adapted sports athletes. The study sample comprised 143 adapted sports athletes (male = 107) aged between 15 and 59 years (M = 29.21; SD = 10.45) enrolled in distinct modalities. Double serial mediation models were developed according to hypothetical associations, and were analyzed using PROCESS macro v. 3.3. In both models, no direct effect between the types of passion and satisfaction with life emerged. However, positive indirect effects through self-determined motivation have emerged in the harmonious and obsessive passion models, as for a distinct and positive effect of relatedness in satisfaction with life., Author(s): Diogo S. Teixeira [sup.1] [sup.2] , Filipe Rodrigues [sup.3] [sup.4] , Anabela Vitorino [sup.3] [sup.5] , Luís Cid [sup.3] [sup.5] , Teresa Bento [sup.3] [sup.5] , Anastasiia Evmenenko [sup.1] [...]

The purpose of this study was to: a) translate and adapt the Situational Motivational Scale (SIMS) in a sample of Portuguese exercisers and examine the factor structure of the scale; and b) evaluate discriminant validity and internal consistency of the factors, as a way to determine multidimensionality. Additionally, we sought to determine the correlational validity of the scale by examining exerciser motivation on enjoyment and exercise participation. Participants were 264 Portuguese exercisers (female = 157) aged between 18 and 69 years, with a mean exercise experience of 5.73 years. Exercisers completed a multi-section survey assessing their situational motivation towards exercising. Several model specifications were tested, namely confirmatory and exploratory factor models. The results of this research support all three hypotheses: (i) that the translation and item adaptation were done correctly, and that the measurement model showed acceptable fit to the data; (ii) the discriminant validity of the factors as well as acceptable internal consistency; and (iii) the correlational validity of exercisers' motivation with enjoyment and exercise frequency., Author(s): Filipe Rodrigues [sup.1] [sup.2] , Luís Cid [sup.1] [sup.3] , Tânia Faustino [sup.1] , Diogo Monteiro [sup.3] [sup.4] Author Affiliations: (1) Sport Science School of Rio Maior (ESDRM - [...]