スポーツ活動がライフスキルの獲得に与える影響性

―大学生版ライフスキル尺度の開発による検討―

抄録

The purpose of this study is to develop Life Skills Scale for University Students (LSSUS) and to examine the effect of sport participation for the acquisition of life skills. The subjects of 405 university students (male=186, female=216, Non response=3 ; mean age=19.35, SD=1.11) are asked to answer a questionnaire that is composed of socio-demographic questions, 36 life skills question items and The FIT Index. Exploratory factor analysis, reliability analyses and covariance structural analysis are conducted to develop the LSSUS. Also, cluster analysis and higher-order factor analysis are conducted to examine construction of LSSUS. Furthermore, t-tests and regression analyses are conducted to examine relationship between sport participation and LSSUS. The result of exploratory factor analysis identifies a twelve-factor model with 36 items on LSSUS. Reliability analyses and covariance structural analysis confirm that Cronbach's alpha coefficient reliabilities respectively and the scale has satisfactory fit indices of structural validities. Cluster analysis and higher-order factor analysis show that LSSUS consists of three higher-order factors. The results of t-tests show that mean scores of LSSUS are significantly different between sport club participants and non-participants, higher level and lower level in physical activities. In addition, the results of regression analyses that are set The FIT Index as independent variable and three higher-order factors of LSSUS as dependent variables show that The FIT Index is significantly associate with “Intrapersonal Skills,” and “Active Skills.” The results indicate that sport participation enhance a part of life skills.