Medicine & science in sports & exercise

Abstract

To determine the extent to which the Task and Ego Orientation Sport Questionnaire (based on the Achievement Goal Theory) is equivalent in both adaptations in the Spanish language (Spanish and Mexican athletes) and to examine the differences in the latent means between both countries. METHOD: 1116 young athletes participated in the study, 563 were Spanish and 553 were Mexican. Ages ranged between 11 and 18 years in both samples.