Factor Analysis of Students’ Success in Sports Competitions and Studying
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The objective of this research was to analyze the factors influencing students' success in sport competition and studying. The sample comprised 300 Muay Thai athletes who were studying in the bachelor's degree level in 20 state universities. The sample size was 15 times greater than the number of observable variables, obtained by multistage random sampling. The instrument used was a questionnaire with the content validity ranging from 0.80 to 1.00, the discrimination on each aspect from .512 to .876, and the total reliability of 0.98. The analysis of data employed a ready-made computer program.
The research results showed that the factors influencing the students’ success in sport competitions and studying were consistent with the empirical data ( = 156, df = 94, P-value = 0.098, RMSEA = 0.014). When the aspects are arranged in descending order according to importance, they are as follows: motivation, having the route coefficient of 0.78; followed by trainers, having the route coefficient of 0.69; mental performance, having the route coefficient of 0.58; self-management, having the route coefficient of 0.44; environment, having the route coefficient of 0.37; and training, having the route coefficient of 0.24, respectively.
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