School of Physical Health, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 4;14(1):18038. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66931-z.
Mental energy is an important factor in many domains, including athletic performance. The athletic mental energy scale (AMES) is one of the established tools available to measure athletes' perceived mental energy state. To date, there is no validated questionnaire to assess athletic mental energy for Chinese adolescents. Therefore, purpose of this study was to validate a Chinese version of AMES (C-AMES) among the Chinese adolescents in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. We sampled 729 adolescents aged 14 to 18 in five middle schools in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China to complete the revised C-AMES. Data were analyzed for factor structure validity by performing CFA. The results showed that the fit index was acceptable (RMSEA = 0.050, CFI = 0.962, TLI = 0.951), and a six-factor model containing 18 C-AMES items had good measurement properties for athletic mental energy. We suggest future study may use C-AMES to examine the relationship between athletes' mental energy and athletic performance and sporting behavior.
心理能量在许多领域都很重要，包括运动表现。运动心理能量量表（AMES）是一种已被广泛应用于测量运动员感知心理能量状态的工具。迄今为止，还没有针对中国青少年的评估运动心理能量的经过验证的问卷。因此，本研究的目的是在中国甘肃省兰州市的青少年中验证 AMES 的中文版（C-AMES）。我们在甘肃省兰州市的五所中学中抽取了 729 名 14 至 18 岁的青少年，让他们完成修订后的 C-AMES。通过 CFA 分析数据的因子结构有效性。结果表明，拟合指数是可以接受的（RMSEA=0.050，CFI=0.962，TLI=0.951），包含 18 个 C-AMES 项目的六因素模型具有良好的运动心理能量测量特性。我们建议未来的研究可以使用 C-AMES 来检验运动员心理能量与运动表现和运动行为之间的关系。
