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Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory

BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of the sports emotion questionnaire (SEQ) in several studies, it is surprising that only a few have explicitly tested the validity and utility of the instrument in non-western populations. Besides, the issue of dimensionality and the latent structure of the ins...

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Autores principales: Hagan, John Elvis, Quansah, Frank, Ankomah, Francis, Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi, Srem-Sai, Medina, Schack, Thomas
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619130
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038217
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author Hagan, John Elvis
Quansah, Frank
Ankomah, Francis
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
Srem-Sai, Medina
Schack, Thomas
author_facet Hagan, John Elvis
Quansah, Frank
Ankomah, Francis
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
Srem-Sai, Medina
Schack, Thomas
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description BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of the sports emotion questionnaire (SEQ) in several studies, it is surprising that only a few have explicitly tested the validity and utility of the instrument in non-western populations. Besides, the issue of dimensionality and the latent structure of the instrument remain inconclusive given that several authors have revealed different factor structures across diverse populations. The central concern is whether the items on the various dimensions, proposed for the original SEQ, offer adequate information to their respective expected subscale or otherwise. This study assessed the underlying latent structure of the SEQ using confirmatory and bifactor multidimensional item response (MIRT) models. METHODS: Through a well-designed validation study 300 athletes from three West African countries, participating in the 2018 West African University Games were surveyed to respond to the SEQ. The data were analyzed using first, a 5-factor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) via the MIRT model and second, a bifactor MIRT analysis. RESULTS: The results revealed that items on the SEQ were fairly good in measuring the construct under the respective domains of the instrument. However, the outcome of the bifactor model showed that the majority of the items on the SEQ explained common variance in relation to the general factor other than the specific domains (5-dimensions). CONCLUSION: Findings of the bifactor model question whether the sub-dimensions of the SEQ are needed since most of the items on the SEQ explained larger variances in the general factor than any of the five domains. It is concluded that instruments like SEQ should be scored for a general factor and not as sub-dimensions. Further investigations are encouraged by scholars within the area to probe the dimensionality of the SEQ.
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spelling pubmed-98137802023-01-06 Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory Hagan, John Elvis Quansah, Frank Ankomah, Francis Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi Srem-Sai, Medina Schack, Thomas Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of the sports emotion questionnaire (SEQ) in several studies, it is surprising that only a few have explicitly tested the validity and utility of the instrument in non-western populations. Besides, the issue of dimensionality and the latent structure of the instrument remain inconclusive given that several authors have revealed different factor structures across diverse populations. The central concern is whether the items on the various dimensions, proposed for the original SEQ, offer adequate information to their respective expected subscale or otherwise. This study assessed the underlying latent structure of the SEQ using confirmatory and bifactor multidimensional item response (MIRT) models. METHODS: Through a well-designed validation study 300 athletes from three West African countries, participating in the 2018 West African University Games were surveyed to respond to the SEQ. The data were analyzed using first, a 5-factor confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) via the MIRT model and second, a bifactor MIRT analysis. RESULTS: The results revealed that items on the SEQ were fairly good in measuring the construct under the respective domains of the instrument. However, the outcome of the bifactor model showed that the majority of the items on the SEQ explained common variance in relation to the general factor other than the specific domains (5-dimensions). CONCLUSION: Findings of the bifactor model question whether the sub-dimensions of the SEQ are needed since most of the items on the SEQ explained larger variances in the general factor than any of the five domains. It is concluded that instruments like SEQ should be scored for a general factor and not as sub-dimensions. Further investigations are encouraged by scholars within the area to probe the dimensionality of the SEQ. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9813780/ /pubmed/36619130 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038217 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hagan, Quansah, Ankomah, Agormedah, Srem-Sai and Schack. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ankomah, Francis
Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi
Srem-Sai, Medina
Schack, Thomas
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title Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
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title_fullStr Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
title_full_unstemmed Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
title_short Examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: Insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
title_sort examining the underlying latent structure of the sports emotion questionnaire: insights from the bifactor multidimensional item response theory
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619130
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038217
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