Validation of the Student Athletes' Motivation Toward Sports and Academics Questionnaire (SAMSAQ) for Korean College Student-Athletes: An Application of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling

Youngjik Lee; Jason Immekus; Dayoun Lim; Mary Hums; Chris Greenwell; Adam Cocco; Minuk Kang

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.853236

Validation of the Student Athletes' Motivation Toward Sports and Academics Questionnaire (SAMSAQ) for Korean College Student-Athletes: An Application of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling

Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 21:13:853236. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.853236. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Youngjik Lee¹, Jason Immekus², Dayoun Lim³, Mary Hums⁴, Chris Greenwell⁴, Adam Cocco⁴, Minuk Kang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea.
² Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
³ Department of Sports and Leisure Studies, Far East University, Eumseong-gun, South Korea.
⁴ Department of Health & Sport Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to validate the Korean version of the Student-Athletes' Motivation toward Sports and Academics Questionnaire (SAMSAQ) using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). A total of 412 (men 77%; women 23%) South Korean collegiate student-athletes competing in 27 types of sports from 13 different public and private universities across South Korea were analyzed for this study. ESEM statistical approach was employed to examine the psychometric properties of SAMSAQ-KR. To assess content validity, the SAMSAQ-KR was inspected by a panel of content subject experts. The Athletic Identity Measurement Scale was used to obtain convergent validity. The results of this study illustrated that the SAMSAQ-KR appears to be a robust and reliable instrument.

Keywords: ESEM; college student-athletes; international psychology; motivations; validation.