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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1431239

Cross-Cultural Validation and Psychometric Properties Study of the Chinese College Students' Life Skills Scale for Sport -Transfer Scale (C-LSSS-TS)

Provisionally accepted
Lin Luo Lin Luo *Meilin He Meilin He Shaojing Wen Shaojing Wen Junfeng Yuan Junfeng Yuan Huilin Xu Huilin Xu
  • School of Physical Education, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China

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    This study conducted a cross-cultural validation of the Life Skills Scale for Sport -Transfer Scale (LSSS-TS) among Chinese college students and examined its psychometric properties. In the initial phase, four translation experts and five academic researchers collaborated to develop the Chinese version of the scale, referred to as the C-LSSS-TS. This phase included expert evaluations and feedback from 25 participants engaged in sports activities, providing preliminary evidence for the scale's construct validity. In the second phase, 409 participants were recruited, and factor analysis was performed to validate the scale's structural dimensions. In the third phase, 168 participants completed both the C-LSSS-TS and a standard Life Skills Scale to examine the external dimensions of construct validity. The results demonstrated significant positive correlations between the subscales of sports transferable life skills and participants' overall life skills development. These findings provide robust evidence for the structural validity of the C-LSSS-TS, supporting its effectiveness in assessing life skills among Chinese college sports participants. The C-LSSS-TS shows promise as a valuable tool for researchers and practitioners to promote and evaluate life skills development in college students.

    Keywords: cross-cultural validation, psychometric properties, Sports transfer, life skills development, Chinese college students

    Received: 13 May 2024; Accepted: 19 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Luo, He, Wen, Yuan and Xu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lin Luo, School of Physical Education, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China

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