Development and initial validation of the impression motivation in sport questionnaire–team.

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Payne, Simon Mark, Hudson, Joanne, Akehurst, Sally and Ntoumanis, Nikos 2013. Development and initial validation of the impression motivation in sport questionnaire–team. Journal of sport & exercise psychology. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.3.281
AuthorsPayne, Simon Mark, Hudson, Joanne, Akehurst, Sally and Ntoumanis, Nikos
Abstract

Impression motivation is an important individual difference variable that has been under-researched in sport psychology, partly due to having no appropriate measure. This study was conducted to design a measure of impression motivation in team-sport athletes. Construct validity checks decreased the initial pool of items, factor analysis (n = 310) revealed the structure of the newly developed scale, and exploratory structural equation modeling procedures (n = 406) resulted in a modified scale that retained theoretical integrity and psychometric parsimony. This process produced a 15-item, 4-factor model; the Impression Motivation in Sport Questionnaire–Team (IMSQ-T) is forwarded as a valid measure of the respondent’s dispositional strength of motivation to use self-presentation in striving for four distinct interpersonal objectives: self-development, social identity development, avoidance of negative outcomes, and avoidance of damaging impressions. The availability of this measure has contributed to theoretical development, will facilitate research, and offers a tool for use in applied settings. Keywords: self-presentation, impression management

Impression motivation is an important individual difference variable that has been under-researched in sport
psychology, partly due to having no appropriate measure. This study was conducted to design a measure of
impression motivation in team-sport athletes. Construct validity checks decreased the initial pool of items,
factor analysis (n = 310) revealed the structure of the newly developed scale, and exploratory structural equation
modeling procedures (n = 406) resulted in a modified scale that retained theoretical integrity and psychometric
parsimony. This process produced a 15-item, 4-factor model; the Impression Motivation in Sport
Questionnaire–Team (IMSQ-T) is forwarded as a valid measure of the respondent’s dispositional strength
of motivation to use self-presentation in striving for four distinct interpersonal objectives: self-development,
social identity development, avoidance of negative outcomes, and avoidance of damaging impressions. The
availability of this measure has contributed to theoretical development, will facilitate research, and offers a
tool for use in applied settings.
Keywords: self-presentation, impression management

KeywordsSelf-presentation; Team sports; Impression management; Motivation
Year2013
JournalJournal of sport & exercise psychology
PublisherHuman Kinetics
ISSN08952779
15432904
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.3.281
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622285
hdl:10545/622285
Publication datesJun 2013
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