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Author：Hsin-Yun Chuang; Fong-Jia Wang
Period/Date/Page：Vol. 26 No. 1 (2024 / 03 / 31) ， P1 - 20
DOI：10.5297/ser.202403_26(1).0001
Reliability and Validity Testing of the Chinese Version of State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity
Abstract：Integrating mindfulness into physical activity has gained widespread popularity, emphasizing its positive impact on health. The widely used "State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity" lacks a Chinese version to assess how mindfulness during physical activity affects emotions, cognition, and behavior. This study aims to fill this gap by developing the "Chinese version of the State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity" (CSMS-PA) to evaluate mindfulness during specific physical activities. The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved translating the English scale into Chinese and validating it with 755 college students (278 males, 477 females; mean age 19.50 ± 1.95 years). Confirmatory factor analysis and multigroup invariance tests were employed. The second phase included 281 college students participating in physical education courses (160 males, 121 females; mean age 18.51 ± 1.11 years) to assess CSMS-PA's construct validity. Results showed that CSMS-PA comprises two constructs, psychological and physical states, with 12 items. The measurement model for each construct demonstrates strong fit indices, and the scale exhibits consistency across diverse groups. Significant correlations are observed among the various constructs of CSMS-PA. In conclusion, CSMS-PA emerges as a reliable and valid measurement tool, providing a foundation for assessing mindfulness during physical activities in contexts such as fitness and sports courses. This contributes significantly to a deeper theoretical understanding of mindfulness states during physical activity within the Chinese population. (Full text)
