In this study, it was aimed to adapt the Emotional Commitment to the Sports Team Scale (ECSTS), which was developed by Dwyer, Mudrick, Greenhalgh, LeCrom, and Drayer (2015) to determine the sports fans' emotional commitment to their teams. The sample of the study consists of 320 people who are fans of Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor. The scale adaptation stage was carried out by following a series of steps. In the first stage, the original version of the scale was translated into Turkish, and support was received from the faculty members working at the school of foreign languages and having experience abroad. The compatibility of the ECSTS structure in the sample of fans of sports teams in Turkey was tested with the first and second level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).As a result of CFA, the original structure of the scale, which consists of seven items and two sub-dimensions, was found to be suitable for Turkish culture. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the item loads of the scale varied between .80 and .97 values, and the obtained fit index values were calculated to be χ2/sd = 2.98, p<.01, GFI = .97, CFI = .99, IFI = .99, AGFI = .93, RMSEA = .079, SMRM = .013. In addition, the scale scores of the Cognitive investment and Emotional investment sub-dimensions were ordered from the lowest value to the highest value in order to determine the item discrimination of the scale items. Those entering the 27th percentile from the top were determined as the upper group, while those entering the 27th percentile from the bottom were determined as the sub group. Then, the differences of the items between the groups (sub-group and upper group) were examined with the t test, and the t values were found to be significant. As a result of this study, it can be said that the Turkish form of STBLQ can be used as a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the emotional commitment of the fans.
Emotional commitment Scale adaptation Commitment to the sports team
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | Spor Hekimliği |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
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Erken Görünüm Tarihi | 23 Aralık 2021 |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Aralık 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 4 |