Physical Education and Health Department, Institute of Teacher Education Batu Lintang Campus, Kuching 93200, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 7;18(21):11694. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111694.
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.
18 项运动动机量表（SMS-II）是衡量运动员动机及其心理测量特性的最常用量表之一。然而，我们没有发现用于检查马来西亚多民族人口的马来语版本。因此，本研究旨在使用验证性因素分析将 SMS-II 翻译成马来语版本。共有 436 名（16.44±1.22）州运动员被要求完成 SMS-II 马来语版本，该版本使用了正向-反向翻译方法。结果显示，数据具有可接受的拟合度（CFI=0.906，SRMR=0.064；RMSEA=0.056）和内部一致性，克朗巴赫的阿尔法值超过 0.50，这支持其用于评估马来西亚多民族运动员的动机。除了内射调节外，所有因素的克朗巴赫的阿尔法值都令人满意。因此，需要进一步的研究来提高这些因素的可靠性。尽管如此，SMS-II 的马来语版本被发现是有效和可靠的，可用于评估马来西亚多民族运动员的动机水平。
