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The psycho-lexical structure of sports culture
Yuanbing Guo1,2,3, Na Ye3, Xiaobin Hong2,3
1College of Sports Science and Technology, Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, China.
Abstract:
The psycho-lexical approach can be effectively used to explore the structure of sports culture. Based on a lexical list of adjective vocabulary reflecting sports culture and through an item analysis, 87 discriminating objectives were selected representing sports culture.
Objective:
To explore the structure of sports culture from the objectives lexicons.
Methods:
Item analysis and factor analysis were adopted to abstract the structure of sports culture.
Results:
Through a principal component analysis, a structure of six factors including extroversion-activity, diligence-progression, experience, independence-excellence, enjoyment, and body culture was extracted. Through a second-order factor analysis, a psychological structure of sports culture consisting of six dimensions and 12 factors was extracted, and result of the reliability analysis revealed good Cronbach α coefficient and test-retest reliability coefficient.
Conclusion:
The psycho-lexical structure of sports culture can be used to understand structure of sports culture.
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