Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning

Abstract Introduction: Being responsible and having responsible behavior is the goal of many teachers who try to make students achieve this important thing to witness responsible students in the future. Considering the importance of this issue, especially in the field of physical education, the present study aimed to validate the Student’s Responsibility in Physical Education Scale (SRIPES).
Research method: Firstly, the Student’s Responsibility in Physical Education Scale was translated into the Persian language to calculate its validity and reliability and report the construct validity. In the implementation stage, the distribution of questionnaires was done in two stages; In the first stage, questionnaires were given to the students to analyze the exploratory factor, and in the second stage, the questionnaires were given to the students to analyze the confirmatory factor and convergent validity. In this research, 400 students (250 girls and 150 boys) were selected among 500 fifth and sixth-grade boys and girls students, using a convenient sampling method.
Findings: "Effort", "following class rules" and "self-management" had the greatest effect on the responsible behavior construct. The reliability of the research was also evaluated as 0.7, which was favorable.
Conclusion: Six factors were identified in the exploratory factor analysis. Items 1, 7, 13, 9 belong to the “Effort” factor, items 2, 8, 14, 20 belong to the “Self-directed” factor, items 3, 9, 21, 25 belong to “following the class rules” factor, items 4, 10, 16, 22, 15 belong to “Respect others” factor, items 5, 11, 17, 23, 26 belong to “Help others”, and items 6, 12, 18, 24 belong to “Cooperation (participation)” factor. Confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed this six-factor model. Using this tool, it is possible to check responsibility in boys and girls students.

Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate validity and reliability of Persian version of Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-6). This study was descriptive-correlation and the statistical population consisted of all students of University of Tehran and 241 students (132 men and 109 women, age range 18-30 years) completed the scale. Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-6) was used in this study which included 6 subscales and 24 items with 7-Likert scale. Test-retest method was applied in order to calculate the stability and Cronbach’s alpha was used to determine the internal consistency. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to establish construct validity and Pearson correlation test was applied to determine concurrent validity. The data analysis showed that Persian version of Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-6) had acceptable validity and reliability and can be used to evaluate sport motivation construct.

Abstract   The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of "FOOTBALISTHA" animation to attract children to football. Animation, as a tool for multimedia education, can show longitudinal changes of events such as move, process and procedures and it can affect children’s absorption. The population of the study consisted of all male primary school students (fourth to sixth grade) in Amol city (N=15000). 500 students were selected by cluster random sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used for data collection. The face validity was confirmed by professors and construct validity and reliability (0.91) were assessed as suitable. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, binominal and Friedman tests were used with SPSS22 and Amos18. The findings showed that "FOOTBALISTHA" animation was effective in children’ attention to football, their interest in football and their tendency to football and finally playing football. So "FOOTBALISTHA" animation had sufficient effectiveness in changing children's sport behavior and the findings of this study were consistent with AIDA model.