The Self-Regulation of Learning - Self-Report Scale for Sport Practice: Validation of an Italian Version for Football.

ABSTRACT: Self-regulation of learning (SRL) is a key psychological factor that supports young athletes aiming to reach the elite level by promoting their involvement in deliberate practice. We contributed to the validation of the Italian version of the Bartulovic et al. (2017) Self-Regulation of Learning - Self-Report Scale for Sport Practice by testing its factorial structure, reliability, and measurement invariance among elite and non-elite football players, involving 415 male professional, semi-professional, and amateur youth academy players (M _age = 16.2, SD = 1.51). The original six-factor structure (planning, reflection, effort, self-efficacy, self-monitoring, and evaluation) did not fit the data well and a five-factor solution (where self-monitoring and evaluation items load

SUBMITTER: Reverberi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005618 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature