PMID- 35572273
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230916
IS  - 1664-1078 (Print)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-1078 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2022
TI  - An Examination of the Latent Structure and Reproducibility of the Life Skills 
      Scale for Sport in Botswana and Ghana.
PG  - 858406
LID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858406 [doi]
LID - 858406
AB  - With the growing interest in sport-based positive youth development (PYD) 
      programs across the African continent, there is a need to establish suitable 
      measures to evaluate the success of these programs in fostering PYD. The Life 
      Skills Scale for Sport (LSSS) was recently developed as a sport-specific measure 
      of life skills development. Despite its good psychometric properties among 
      British youth sport participants, cross-cultural evidence indicates differences 
      in the conceptualization of the eight factors measured by the LSSS. To determine 
      the suitability of the LSSS for use in the African youth sport context, this 
      study examined the latent structure and reproducibility of scores produced by the 
      scale in a sample of youth sport participants from Botswana and Ghana. 
      Cross-sectional data from a sample of 495 youth athletes (male = 51.72%), aged 
      12-21 years (M = 16.76, SD = 1.58), from junior and senior secondary schools was 
      used in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural 
      equation modeling were conducted, and conventional fit indices were used to 
      assess model fit. Results on the original LSSS model indicated the need for model 
      re-specification in the current sample. A re-specified LSSS, consisting of the 
      original eight factors, but only 34 of the original 43 items, demonstrated 
      improved fit and adequate internal consistency. Scores derived from the 
      re-specified LSSS proved to be a valid estimate of life skills development in the 
      current sample of youth sport participants. This has important implications for 
      the utility of the LSSS in different cultures.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Malete, Ricketts, Kim, Tshube, Mphela, Adamba and Ocansey.
FAU - Malete, Leapetswe
AU  - Malete L
AD  - Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United 
      States.
FAU - Ricketts, Chelsi
AU  - Ricketts C
AD  - Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United 
      States.
FAU - Kim, Sehee
AU  - Kim S
AD  - Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University, East 
      Lansing, MI, United States.
FAU - Tshube, Tshepang
AU  - Tshube T
AD  - Department of Sport Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
FAU - Mphela, Thuso
AU  - Mphela T
AD  - Department of Management, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
FAU - Adamba, Clement
AU  - Adamba C
AD  - School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Ocansey, Reginald
AU  - Ocansey R
AD  - Department Physical Education and Sport, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
LA  - eng
SI  - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.17049860
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220428
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychol
JT  - Frontiers in psychology
JID - 101550902
PMC - PMC9097899
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cultural extension
OT  - exploratory structural equation modeling
OT  - life skills
OT  - positive youth development
OT  - youth sport
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/05/17 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/17 06:01
PMCR- 2022/04/28
CRDT- 2022/05/16 04:10
PHST- 2022/01/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/03/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/16 04:10 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/04/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858406 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 28;13:858406. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858406. eCollection 
      2022.