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Sports & Exercise Research Volume 22 Number 3

Author:I-Sheng Lee ; Tzu-Ling Kuo ; Hung-Shih Chou ; Yi-Hsiang Pan
Period/Date/Page:Vol. 22 No. 3 (2020 / 09 / 30) , P205 - 221
DOI:10.5297/ser.202009_22(3).0002
Construction and Verification of Personal and Social Responsibilities Scale in Physical Education Classes for College Students
Abstract:Drawing on Hellison's research in 2011 and his responsibility level as a rudimentary framework, this paper aimed to establish a valid and reliable responsibility measurement tool for use in college physical education classes. Four studies were conducted employing qualitative and quantitative methods. In Study 1, a qualitative method was employed to construct the indicators of university students' personal and social responsibilities in relation to physical education. First, 10 university-level physical education teachers were invited to three focus group interviews. Subsequently, 2 physical education doctors familiar with Hellison's teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) course model examined the study's content validity. Finally, 10 university students filled in the trial scale. Study 2 covered exploratory factor analysis, item analysis, and a reliability test, then improper items were deleted. In this phase, 2 sample groups were selected from public and/or private universities in Taiwan, resulting in 364 valid samples. In Study 3, 657 valid samples were collected from 8 additional universities, and a prosocial behavior and sports motivation scale was employed to examine the predictive power of university students' personal and social responsibilities toward physical education. The scale's construct validity was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Finally, in Study 4, test-retest reliability was assessed through the intraclass correlation coefficient using 56 valid samples. The results indicated 6 dimensions (respect, effort, self-direction, helping others, cooperation, and leadership) with 24 items. The measures of fit of this scale met the standard, supporting the validation of the tool for university students' personal and social responsibilities in relation to physical education. We conclude that the responsibility scale developed in the study can serve as a good tool for the university students' personal and social responsibilities. (Full text)


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