Development and validation of the social media perception scale for preservice physical education teachers
BackgroundSocial media has become a mainstay of preservice physical education teachers’ professional development. However, previous studies have been dominated by qualitative research, and there is still a lack of quantitative research based on samples from eastern countries. The objective of this s...
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| description | BackgroundSocial media has become a mainstay of preservice physical education teachers’ professional development. However, previous studies have been dominated by qualitative research, and there is still a lack of quantitative research based on samples from eastern countries. The objective of this study is to develop and validate of the Social Media Perception Scale for Preservice Physical Education teachers (SMPS-PPE).MethodItems of questionnaire created from 70 concepts of the perception model described in our previous study. Questionnaire survey was used to collect quantitative data from a sample of 977 preservice physical education teachers through surveys. We analyzed the data using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0, conducting item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the data.ResultsSMPS-PPE consists of 26 items grouped into three factors: value perception, risk perception, and overall perception. Our findings indicate that SMPS-PPE has acceptable content validity, internal structure validity, and internal consistency.ConclusionSMPS-PPE is a reliable and valid measurement to evaluate social media perception among preservice physical education teachers. Future studies should include larger and more diverse teacher samples to enhance generalizability. The SMPS-PPE should also be modified to better cater to the specific requirements of school teachers and university-based teacher educators in the field of physical education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33b1b32102054664963f112dfbd18f252023-05-17T13:24:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11798141179814Development and validation of the social media perception scale for preservice physical education teachersYue Xu0Yue Xu1Fangfei Li2Zhihua Yin3Mingzhu Sun4Zhen Guo5Bo Liu6Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandCollege of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaCollege of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaCollege of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Physical Education Teaching, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, ChinaDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaDivision of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaBackgroundSocial media has become a mainstay of preservice physical education teachers’ professional development. However, previous studies have been dominated by qualitative research, and there is still a lack of quantitative research based on samples from eastern countries. The objective of this study is to develop and validate of the Social Media Perception Scale for Preservice Physical Education teachers (SMPS-PPE).MethodItems of questionnaire created from 70 concepts of the perception model described in our previous study. Questionnaire survey was used to collect quantitative data from a sample of 977 preservice physical education teachers through surveys. We analyzed the data using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0, conducting item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the data.ResultsSMPS-PPE consists of 26 items grouped into three factors: value perception, risk perception, and overall perception. Our findings indicate that SMPS-PPE has acceptable content validity, internal structure validity, and internal consistency.ConclusionSMPS-PPE is a reliable and valid measurement to evaluate social media perception among preservice physical education teachers. Future studies should include larger and more diverse teacher samples to enhance generalizability. The SMPS-PPE should also be modified to better cater to the specific requirements of school teachers and university-based teacher educators in the field of physical education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1179814/fullpreservice physical education teacherssocial mediaperceptionscale developmentexploratory factor analysisconfirmatory factor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Yue Xu Yue Xu Fangfei Li Zhihua Yin Mingzhu Sun Zhen Guo Bo Liu Development and validation of the social media perception scale for preservice physical education teachers Frontiers in Psychology preservice physical education teachers social media perception scale development exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis |
| title | Development and validation of the social media perception scale for preservice physical education teachers |
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