Psychometric properties of the Sport Mental Health Continuum - Short Form scale (Sport MHC-SF): cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of the Chinese adaptation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sport Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (Sport MHC-SF) is an adaptation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form for athletes. Although validated in Western contexts, its applicability to the Chinese population remains unexplored. This study aims to validate the Chinese adaptation of the Sport MHC-SF in Chinese university athletes, evaluate its reliability and validity, and confirm its factorial structure.

Methods

A total of 1,025 Chinese university athletes (65% male, mean age 20 ± 1.54 years) were included in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multi-group CFA (MGCFA) were conducted using Mplus 8.0 to evaluate the factorial structure and assess measurement invariance across sports levels.

Results

Both the three-factor and second-order m

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature