Factors Influencing Sports Involvement of Chinese Adolescents: A Multidimension Model

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Adolescence and Youth Development SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Sports involvement is an important factor in Physical Education, but no instrument is available to date examining integrated factors attribute to sports involvement. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Theory, a second order factor model was established, which comprises 4 subscales: school factor, community factor, family factor and personal factor. The first confirmatory factor analysis (n=1988) revealed that an adjusted second order 4-factor model described the observed data and content of factors best, which was cross-validated in another sample (n=2055) in second confirmatory factor analysis (CFI=0.910, RMSEA=0.059). Cronbach’s α and inter-scale correlations were satisfactory. In conclusion, this study indicated a reliable and stable instrument to measure adolescent sports involvement, and provided support for the content and construct validity of the model.

Author

• Lei Zhang, Renmin University of China