Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team

Impression motivation is an important individual difference variable that has been under-researched in sport psychology, partly due to having no appropriate measure. This study was conducted to design a measure of impression motivation in team-sport athletes. Construct validity checks decreased the...

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Main Authors: Payne, S., Hudson, J., Akehurst, S., Ntoumanis, Nikos
Format: Journal Article
Published: Human Kinetics 2013
Online Access:http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues/jsep-volume-35-issue-3-june
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32730
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author Payne, S.
Hudson, J.
Akehurst, S.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
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Ntoumanis, Nikos
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description Impression motivation is an important individual difference variable that has been under-researched in sport psychology, partly due to having no appropriate measure. This study was conducted to design a measure of impression motivation in team-sport athletes. Construct validity checks decreased the initial pool of items, factor analysis (n = 310) revealed the structure of the newly developed scale, and exploratory structural equation modeling procedures (n = 406) resulted in a modified scale that retained theoretical integrity and psychometric parsimony. This process produced a 15-item, 4-factor model; the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire-Team (IMSQ-T) is forwarded as a valid measure of the respondent's dispositional strength of motivation to use self-presentation in striving for four distinct interpersonal objectives: self-development, social identity development, avoidance of negative outcomes, and avoidance of damaging impressions. The availability of this measure has contributed to theoretical development, will facilitate research, and offers a tool for use in applied settings.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-327302017-01-30T13:32:39Z Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team Payne, S. Hudson, J. Akehurst, S. Ntoumanis, Nikos Impression motivation is an important individual difference variable that has been under-researched in sport psychology, partly due to having no appropriate measure. This study was conducted to design a measure of impression motivation in team-sport athletes. Construct validity checks decreased the initial pool of items, factor analysis (n = 310) revealed the structure of the newly developed scale, and exploratory structural equation modeling procedures (n = 406) resulted in a modified scale that retained theoretical integrity and psychometric parsimony. This process produced a 15-item, 4-factor model; the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire-Team (IMSQ-T) is forwarded as a valid measure of the respondent's dispositional strength of motivation to use self-presentation in striving for four distinct interpersonal objectives: self-development, social identity development, avoidance of negative outcomes, and avoidance of damaging impressions. The availability of this measure has contributed to theoretical development, will facilitate research, and offers a tool for use in applied settings. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32730 http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues/jsep-volume-35-issue-3-june Human Kinetics fulltext
spellingShingle Payne, S.
Hudson, J.
Akehurst, S.
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title_full Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title_fullStr Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title_full_unstemmed Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title_short Development and Initial Validation of the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team
title_sort development and initial validation of the impression motivation in sport questionnaire–team
url http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues/jsep-volume-35-issue-3-june
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32730