Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Articles
Title
Motivation and the Senior Athlete: An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Sport Motivation Scale
ISBN or ISSN
0882-7524
Volume
21
Issue
3
Publication Date / Copyright Date
7-2005
First Page
206
Last Page
214
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
DOI Number
10.1097/00013614-200507000-00006
Abstract
The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) is commonly used to measure motivation in young athletes. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the factorial validity of the SMS among a sample of senior athletes. A correlational research design, in addition to confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), was used to examine the factor structure of the SMS in a sample of senior game participants at the Florida Senior State Championships held in Kissimmee, Fla, from November 28 to December 3, 2000. Results of psychometric testing on the SMS did not support the hypothesized factor structure of this instrument in assessing motivation in the senior athlete population.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords
Sport Motivation Scale, Factorial Validity, Senior Athletes, Correlational Research, Confirmatory Factor Analyses, Psychometric Testing
NSUWorks Citation
Shaw, Keiba; Ostrow, Andrew; and Beckstead, Jason, "Motivation and the Senior Athlete: An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Sport Motivation Scale" (2005). Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Articles. 15.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_pt_facarticles/15
