Pro-social and antisocial values in physical education: the validity and reliability of fair play questionnaire in physical education (FPQ-PE) – albanian language

Purpose: The main aim of this study was to translate and validate into Albanian language the questionnaire that measures pro-social and antisocial behaviors in PE class [1]. Material & Methods: In order to validate the questionnaire, a sample of 597 middle school students from Tirana, Albania, were involved. The sample was composed of 280 students (mean age = 13.2 yr, SD = 1.2) to perform Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), reliability, reporting Cronbach Alpha (CA) coefficient, and the test-retest validity. For the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), it was used a sample size of 317 student (mean age = 14.32 yr, SD = 7.3). Results: KMO > than 0.5 and Bartlett's Test < 0.01 (KMO – 0.820, χ2 = 1153.330 ; p = 0.001), have indicated that the EFA could be performed. EFA has revealed that there were four factors; two for prosocial behaviors: respect conventions (α = 0.683) and respect towards teammates (α = 0.616) and two for antisocial: cheating (α = 0.765) and gamesmanship (α = 0.742). Related test-retest correlations, for pro-social (r = 0.64), (p = 0.001), and antisocial (r = 0.57), (p = 0.001). Finally, CFA has indicated a good model fit (χ2 = 196.68, d.f. = 84, p = 0.001, RMSEA = 0.065 and CFI = 0.92). Conclusion: According to the results of our study, the questionnaire has shown reliability on measuring pro-social and anti social values in PE class. Therefore, the questionnaire can be used as an effective tool to help Albanian PE teachers and sports educators to understand the social and educational values dealing with sport in Albanian schools.