英文摘要 |
The Emotional Contagion Scale in Taiwan is currently only developed for social workers and lacks a version tailored to university students, particularly in the context of sport and leisure. Therefore, this study aims to develop the Emotional Contagion Scale for Taiwanese university students in the context of sport and leisure, filling this gap for future research. In the development of the scale, five factors—love, happiness, fear, anger, and sadness—based on Doherty's (1997) Emotional Contagion Scale, were combined with the context of sport and leisure to create an initial draft. The draft included five factors: Love (6 items), Happiness (6 items), Fear (6 items), Anger (5 items), and Sadness (4 items). The draft was then modified with input from university students, sport and leisure practitioners, high school teachers, and university scholars. Subsequently, the scale underwent partial least squares confirmatory factor analysis (PLS-CFA) to establish its reliability and validity. The scale's development involved three stages: the initial model, modified model, and cross-validity model, each validated with two separate sample groups—100 university students for the first two models and 220 for the cross-validity model. Results showed that after eliminating two questions, each factor had 4 to 6 items. The loading factor (λ), composite reliability (CR), average variance extracted (AVE), and discriminant validity (DV) all met the standard criteria, indicating that the scale has acceptable reliability and validity. In conclusion, this study has developed a five-factor, 25-item Emotional Contagion Scale for university students in the context of sport and leisure, providing a valuable tool for future related research.
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