Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes

   This study attempted to establish the reliability and validity of the sport motivation scale II (SMS-II) by anchoring it to self-determination theory in an Ethiopian context. In spite of the applicability of the scale to measure athletes’ motivation within the sports game, no study has establish...

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Main Authors: Getabirhan melesse, Zelalem Tegegne, Demissie Wale, Sangeeta Rani
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Published: FEADEF 2025-05-01
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Zelalem Tegegne
Demissie Wale
Sangeeta Rani
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description    This study attempted to establish the reliability and validity of the sport motivation scale II (SMS-II) by anchoring it to self-determination theory in an Ethiopian context. In spite of the applicability of the scale to measure athletes’ motivation within the sports game, no study has established the validity of the scale in an Ethiopian sports context. Thus, the study aimed to validate the SMS-II scale using confirmatory factor analysis. The English version of the SMS-II questionnaire has 18 items categorized into six dimensions: intrinsic regulation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, interjected regulation, extrinsic regulation and amotivation. The SMS-II questionnaire was translated into Amharic by senior language experts. The Amharic version of the instrument was used to collect data from a total of 321 athletes (men = 174 and women = 147; mean age = 23.48; SD = 5.07) and athletes participation in years of M= 5.90; SD= 3.696 from team sports. The result showed an acceptable model fit with the data and internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha values of all subscales are very good exceeded, 0.816 to 0.865 which supports its usage for the assessment of motivation of Ethiopian athletes. The Cronbach’s alpha values of all the factors were satisfactory. Therefore, the Amharic version of the instrument was reliable and valid for assessing the level of motivation for athletes in Ethiopia
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spelling doaj-art-ddbc3c481ebf4ce1ab91d72177cee95e2025-08-20T01:49:04ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412025-05-016710.47197/retos.v67.107520Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletesGetabirhan melesse0Zelalem Tegegne1Demissie Wale2Sangeeta Rani3PhD student at Bahir Dar University, and Staff at Haramaya UniversityBahir Dar UniversityBahir Dar UniversityMaa Omwati College of Education    This study attempted to establish the reliability and validity of the sport motivation scale II (SMS-II) by anchoring it to self-determination theory in an Ethiopian context. In spite of the applicability of the scale to measure athletes’ motivation within the sports game, no study has established the validity of the scale in an Ethiopian sports context. Thus, the study aimed to validate the SMS-II scale using confirmatory factor analysis. The English version of the SMS-II questionnaire has 18 items categorized into six dimensions: intrinsic regulation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, interjected regulation, extrinsic regulation and amotivation. The SMS-II questionnaire was translated into Amharic by senior language experts. The Amharic version of the instrument was used to collect data from a total of 321 athletes (men = 174 and women = 147; mean age = 23.48; SD = 5.07) and athletes participation in years of M= 5.90; SD= 3.696 from team sports. The result showed an acceptable model fit with the data and internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha values of all subscales are very good exceeded, 0.816 to 0.865 which supports its usage for the assessment of motivation of Ethiopian athletes. The Cronbach’s alpha values of all the factors were satisfactory. Therefore, the Amharic version of the instrument was reliable and valid for assessing the level of motivation for athletes in Ethiopia https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/107520Confirmatory factor analysis, Motivation, Self-determination theory, sport motivation,
spellingShingle Getabirhan melesse
Zelalem Tegegne
Demissie Wale
Sangeeta Rani
Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
Confirmatory factor analysis, Motivation, Self-determination theory, sport motivation,
title Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
title_full Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
title_fullStr Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
title_full_unstemmed Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
title_short Validity and Reliability of the Sport Motivation Scale–II for Ethiopian athletes
title_sort validity and reliability of the sport motivation scale ii for ethiopian athletes
topic Confirmatory factor analysis, Motivation, Self-determination theory, sport motivation,
url https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/107520
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