Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II

The 18-item Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-II) is one of the most-utilised scales measuring athletes’ motivation and its psychometric properties. However, we found no Malay version used to examine the Malaysian multi-ethnic population. Thus, the study aimed to translate and validate the SMS-II into the...

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Autores principales:	Ngien-Siong Chin, Guo Chen Liew, Yee Cheng Kueh, Hairul Anuar Hashim, Vincent Tee, Garry Kuan
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	sports motivation athletes Malay Malaysian Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ac3c93651b9741e4aa52cf3b4b2884b12021-11-11T16:46:29ZCross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II10.3390/ijerph1821116941660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/ac3c93651b9741e4aa52cf3b4b2884b12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11694https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The 18-item Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-II) is one of the most-utilised scales measuring athletes’ motivation and its psychometric properties. However, we found no Malay version used to examine the Malaysian multi-ethnic population. Thus, the study aimed to translate and validate the SMS-II into the Malay version using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 436 (16.44 ± 1.22) state athletes were asked to complete the SMS-II Malay version, which utilised the forward–backwards translation method. The results showed an acceptable fit with the data (CFI = 0.906, SRMR = 0.064; RMSEA = 0.056) and internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha value that exceeded 0.50, which supported its usage for the assessment of motivation among the multi-ethnic Malaysian athletes. The Cronbach’s alpha values of all the factors were satisfactory, except for introjected regulation. Thus, further studies are needed to improve the reliability of such factors. Nonetheless, the Malay version of SMS-II was found to be valid and reliable for assessing the level of motivation of the multi-ethnic Malaysian athletes.Ngien-Siong ChinGuo Chen LiewYee Cheng KuehHairul Anuar HashimVincent TeeGarry KuanMDPI AGarticlesportsmotivationathletesMalayMalaysianMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11694, p 11694 (2021)
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spellingShingle	sports motivation athletes Malay Malaysian Medicine R Ngien-Siong Chin Guo Chen Liew Yee Cheng Kueh Hairul Anuar Hashim Vincent Tee Garry Kuan Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
description	The 18-item Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-II) is one of the most-utilised scales measuring athletes’ motivation and its psychometric properties. However, we found no Malay version used to examine the Malaysian multi-ethnic population. Thus, the study aimed to translate and validate the SMS-II into the Malay version using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 436 (16.44 ± 1.22) state athletes were asked to complete the SMS-II Malay version, which utilised the forward–backwards translation method. The results showed an acceptable fit with the data (CFI = 0.906, SRMR = 0.064; RMSEA = 0.056) and internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha value that exceeded 0.50, which supported its usage for the assessment of motivation among the multi-ethnic Malaysian athletes. The Cronbach’s alpha values of all the factors were satisfactory, except for introjected regulation. Thus, further studies are needed to improve the reliability of such factors. Nonetheless, the Malay version of SMS-II was found to be valid and reliable for assessing the level of motivation of the multi-ethnic Malaysian athletes.
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author	Ngien-Siong Chin Guo Chen Liew Yee Cheng Kueh Hairul Anuar Hashim Vincent Tee Garry Kuan
author_facet	Ngien-Siong Chin Guo Chen Liew Yee Cheng Kueh Hairul Anuar Hashim Vincent Tee Garry Kuan
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title	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
title_short	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
title_full	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
title_fullStr	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
title_full_unstemmed	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II
title_sort	cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the malay version of sports motivation scale-ii
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ac3c93651b9741e4aa52cf3b4b2884b1
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Malay Version of Sports Motivation Scale-II

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