An Attempt to Develop the Japanese Version of the Situations-in-School Physical Education Questionnaire (SIS-PE)

The purpose of this study was to develop the Japanese version of the Situations-in-School Physical Education questionnaire (SIS-PE) using a circumplex approach to need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching styles based on self-determination theory and to examine its internal validity, construct validity, and internal consistency. The SIS-PE comprises four broad teaching styles (autonomy support, structure, control, and chaos), each divided into two subdomains. This results in a circular structure based on the degree of need support and the level of teacher directiveness, with eight factors (participative, attuning, guiding, clarifying, demanding, domineering, abandoning, and awaiting). The translation process involved obtaining translation approval from the original authors and research group, followed by translation by co-authors of this study, and verification through back-translation, with the final confirmation from the original authors and research group. In this study, 295 physical education teachers (225 males and 70 females) working in Japanese public junior high schools participated in a survey conducted through a web-based questionnaire. We administrated the Japanese version of SIS-PE and the General Causality Orientations Scale within the survey. The latter was used to verify the convergent validity of the Japanese version of SIS-PE. Results suggested that an eight-factor model, with 12 items removed from the original version, provided a scale with internal and convergent validity. However, issues remained regarding the factorial validity and reliability of the Japanese version of SIS-PE. In the future, to utilize this scale in Japan, it will be necessary to revise or add items to include expressions and nuances used in the field of school physical education in Japan within the scope of the meanings indicated by the original version, and then examine the validity and reliability of the scale.