FACTOR VALIDITY OF THE ATHLETIC IDENTITY MEASUREMENT SCALE IN A MAINLAND CHINESE SAMPLE

Zhang, Meng; Shao, Bin

doi:10.1590/1517-8692202127012020_0023

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Rev Bras Med Esporte 27 (1) • Jan-Mar 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-8692202127012020_0023 copy

FACTOR VALIDITY OF THE ATHLETIC IDENTITY MEASUREMENT SCALE IN A MAINLAND CHINESE SAMPLE

VALIDADE FATORIAL DA ESCALA DE MEDIÇÃO DE IDENTIDADE ATLÉTICA EM AMOSTRA DA CHINA CONTINENTAL

VALIDEZ FACTORIAL DE LA ESCALA DE MEDICIÓN DE IDENTIDAD ATLÉTICA EN MUESTRA DE CHINA CONTINENTAL

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

Introduction

The Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) is a multi-dimensional instrument for measuring athletic identity and has been validated in different cultural samples around the world, except in mainland China.

Objective

This study aimed to test the validity of the mainland Chinese version of AIMS.

Methods

The sample consisted of 205 athletes, including 150 student athletes and 55 retired athletes. Validation of the factor structure and internal consistency was tested by performing confirmatory factor analyses and calculating Cronbach’s alpha on eight different models proposed in the literature.

Results

The results indicated that the 7-item 2-factor model fit best in retired athlete samples, while the 7-item 3-factor model fit best in student athlete samples, according to stringent fitting criteria.

Conclusion

Based on the data analysis, it is proven that the 7-item multidimensional structure of AIMS is valid for the mainland Chinese culture. Level of evidence II; Comparative study.

Social identification; Validity of results; Mainland China

Model	Author/year	Country	language	population	SE	SI	EX	NA	Omitted
1	Brewer(1993)	USA	English	Student-athletes
2	Groff(2009)	USA	English	Elite athletes with cerebral palsy		1,2,3,7	4,5,6,9	8,10
3	Hale(1999)	Russian	Russian	Elite athletes		1,2,3	4,5,6,9	8,10	7
4	Ryska(2002)	USA	English	High school student-athletes		1,2,3,7	4,5,9	8,10	6
5	Martin(1997)	Australia	English	Swimmers with disabilities	1,2	3,7	4,5,9	8,10	6
5	Nagata(2016)	USA	English	Wheelchair rugby players	1,2	3,7	4,5,9	8,10	6
6	Brewer(1993)	USA	English	College football players		1,2,3	4,5,6	8,10	7,9
7	Silva(2016)	Brazil	Portuguese	athletes and non-athletes		1,2,3,4,5		8,10	6,7,9
8	Brewer(2001)	USA	English	Athletes and non-athletes		1,2,3	4,5	8,10	6,7,9
	Li(2008)	Hong Kong	Chinese	Elite and sub-elite athletes
	Proios(2012)	Greek	Greek	Physical education students
	Tunckol(2015)	Turkey	Turkish	Physical education students
	Hagiwara(2020)	Japanese	Japanese	Collegiate students

Models	Sample	χ²/df	RMSEA	IFI	TLI	CFI	GFI	α
Model-1 (10-item, 1-factor)	SA	3.32	0.125	0.848	0.801	0.845	0.870	0.840
	RA	1.81	0.123	0.796	0.718	0.780	0.809	0.775
	Total	3.95	0.120	0.874	0.836	0.872	0.881	0.859
Model-2 (10-item, 3-factor)	SA	2.49	0.100	0.911	0.872	0.909	0.909	0.840
	RA	1.56	0.102	0.875	0.806	0.862	0.864	0.775
	Total	3.00	0.099	0.922	0.889	0.921	0.919	0.859
Model-3 (9-item, 3-factor)	SA	2.20	0.090	0.932	0.896	0.930	0.932	0.814
	RA	1.48	0.094	0.904	0.839	0.893	0.892	0.744
	Total	2.91	0.097	0.930	0.894	0.929	0.934	0.835
Model-4 (9-item, 3-factor)	SA	2.33	0.095	0.932	0.895	0.930	0.926	0.830
	RA	1.10	0.043	0.978	0.962	0.975	0.895	0.754
	Total	2.29	0.079	0.957	0.934	0.956	0.945	0.852
Model-5 (9-item, 4-factor)	SA	2.23	0.091	0.946	0.904	0.944	0.936	0.830
	RA	0.96	0.000	1.008	1.016	1.000	0.921	0.754
	Total	2.13	0.074	0.967	0.942	0.966	0.954	0.852
Model-6 (8-item, 3-factor)	SA	1.73	0.070	0.968	0.946	0.967	0.956	0.819
	RA	1.04	0.028	0.992	0.986	0.991	0.932	0.728
	Total	2.27	0.079	0.964	0.939	0.963	0.958	0.840
Model-7 (7-item, 2-factor)	SA	1.26	0.042	0.990	0.983	0.989	0.972	0.813
	RA	1.02	0.020	0.996	0.993	0.995	0.937	0.730
	Total	1.32	0.040	0.992	0.986	0.992	0.978	0.839
Model-8 (7-item, 3-factor)	SA	1.24	0.040	0.992	0.984	0.992	0.976	0.813
	RA	0.99	0.000	1.001	1.003	1.000	0.948	0.730
	Total	1.27	0.037	0.994	0.988	0.994	0.982	0.839

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[1] Correspondence:Bin Shao. University of Sport, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, 399 Changhai Road, Yangpu district, Shanghai. Spring0306@outlook.com