AUTHOR=Guo Yuanbing , Ye Na , Hong Xiaobin , Wang Wenjing 

TITLE=The psycho-lexical structure of sports culture

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894694

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894694

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>The psycho-lexical approach can be effectively used to explore the structure of sports culture. Based on a lexical list of adjective vocabulary reflecting sports culture and through an item analysis, 87 discriminating objectives were selected representing sports culture.</p><sec><title>Objective</title><p>To explore the structure of sports culture from the objectives lexicons.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Item analysis and factor analysis were adopted to abstract the structure of sports culture.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Through a principal component analysis, a structure of six factors including extroversion-activity, diligence-progression, experience, independence-excellence, enjoyment, and body culture was extracted. Through a second-order factor analysis, a psychological structure of sports culture consisting of six dimensions and 12 factors was extracted, and result of the reliability analysis revealed good Cronbach α coefficient and test–retest reliability coefficient.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>The psycho-lexical structure of sports culture can be used to understand structure of sports culture.</p></sec>