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Table 2 Standardized factor loading of the AEQ-PE-M based on CFA

From: Measuring achievement emotions questionnaire for physical education (AEQ-PE): a confirmatory study in Malay language

Factors/items

Factor loading

Cronbach alpha

Composite reliability

Factor 1: Pride

 I am proud to be able to keep up with the physical education class.

0.637

0.64

0.63

 I am proud of my participation in a physical education class.

0.517

 I think that I can be proud of what I know about physical education.

0.435

Because I take pride in my accomplishments in physical education, I am motivated to continue

0.597

Factor 2: Enjoyment

 I am motivated to go to the physical education class because it is exciting.

0.623

0.73

0.73

 I enjoy being in the physical education class.

0.615

 I feel excited about being in a physical education class, practicing what the teacher suggests.

0.586

 I am glad going to the physical education class paid off.

0.715

Factor 3: Anger

 I feel anger welling up in me during the physical education class.

0.683

0.74

0.74

 Because I am angry, I get restless in the physical education class.

0.615

 Thinking about all the useless things I have to learn in physical education, annoys me.

0.612

 After the physical education class, I am angry.

0.665

Factor 4: Anxiety

 I worry that the things I have to do in physical education classes might be too difficult.

0.357

0.63

0.61

 I feel nervous in the physical education class.

0.692

 I get scared that I might say/do something wrong in the physical education class and would rather not say/do anything.

0.541

 When I do not understand something in the physical education class, my heart races.

0.528

Factor 5: Hopelessness

 It is pointless to prepare for the physical education class because I am bad at it anyway.

0.405

0.61

0.61

 Even before entering the physical education class, I know I will not get it right.

0.287

 I would rather not go to the physical education class because it is impossible to perform the exercises correctly.

0.593

 I have lost all hope of doing physical education activities effectively

0.785

Factor 6: Boredom

 I feel like leaving during the physical education class because it is so boring.

0.731

0.82

0.82

 I get bored during the physical education class.

0.772

 The physical education class bores me.

0.689

 I find the physical education class fairly dull.

0.742