Validation of a Control Locus Scale (LOCPSI) Specific to Individual Athletic Performance

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Since its early conceptualization, many scales assessing the locus of control in specific areas appeared. This aim of those studies was to adapt the Multidimensional health locus of control scale to the context of performance in individual sport settings. To the three factors of the original MHLCS scale (Internal (I), Significant other (P) and Chance (C)), we added a fourth one to take into account the specificities of sport settings. This factor represents a split of the original “Significant Other” factor: “Others Adversaries” and “Others Coach”. Psychometric properties of a first version of the scale were assessed in study one. A shorter version of the scale was proposed to participant in study 2 that confirmed our 4 factors solution through exploratory and confirmatory analyses. A third study explored the construct validity of the scale through its relation with various motivation according to the predictions differing types of motivations based on self-determination theory.