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AIMS (Athletic Identity Measurement Scale)

The document discusses the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) and its components. The AIMS measures levels of athletic identity and is composed of 7 items on a 7-point Likert scale. It has three subscales: social identity, exclusivity, and negative affectivity. The internal components subscale of AIMS includes dimensions of self-identity, positive affectivity, and negative affectivity. The external component includes social identity and exclusivity dimensions. The document also discusses validating the AIMS for use with Portuguese athletes and argues that validation should consider theoretical, statistical, and practical factors.
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AIMS (Athletic Identity Measurement Scale)

The document discusses the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) and its components. The AIMS measures levels of athletic identity and is composed of 7 items on a 7-point Likert scale. It has three subscales: social identity, exclusivity, and negative affectivity. The internal components subscale of AIMS includes dimensions of self-identity, positive affectivity, and negative affectivity. The external component includes social identity and exclusivity dimensions. The document also discusses validating the AIMS for use with Portuguese athletes and argues that validation should consider theoretical, statistical, and practical factors.
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The internal components sub-scale is composed

by 3 dimension: (a) self-identity – objectifying the items


that capture the self-referential cognitions that form a self- assessment
and own athlete interpretation (SI – items 1,
2, 13 and 21); (b) positive affectivity - combining items
that self-evaluate and interpret the positive experiences of
involvement with sport (PA – items 10, 15, 16 and 22);
and (c) negative affectivity - showing the evaluation and
interpretation that the athlete makes of his performance
as poor and how can this have a negative impact on is life
(NA - items 7, 9, 12 and 18). The external component is
composed by 2 dimensions: (a) social identity - composed
by items that capture the ideas present in the athlete regarding
their social identity (SI - items 3, 6, 11, 14 and 19);
and (b) exclusivity - items that assess the importance of
sport for the athlete and the amount of time spent in sport
when compared with other areas of life (EX - items 4, 5,
8, 17 and 20).
The athletic identity score is obtained by calculating
the average score between the sum of the internal components
item values and the sum of the external item values,
but a partial analysis can also be achieved with the five
dimensions. Despite the fact that in its original version the
scale had good reliability coefficients (test-retest), good
correlations among the various factors and good content
validity, the fi rst confi rmation factorial analysis resulting
model was poor (Cieslak, 2004). Subsequent studies have
confi rmed and demonstrated the good factor structure of
the model (Cieslak et al., 2005).
Byrne (2010) argues that “assessment of model adequacy
must be based on multiple criteria that take into account
theoretical, statistical, and practical considerations”.
(p. 84). If we take into consideration the strong theoretical
model that supports the AIMS-plus, it’s good results in
terms of content validity, the high rates of internal consistency
and its potential to become an excellent application
for the psychologist’s practice and for the researcher in the
area of identity, we can aim, with the present study, to validate
this instrument for the Portuguese athletes population.
AIMS (Athletic Identity Measurement Scale).
The
AIMS was developed by Brewer and Cornelius (2001) and
it is widely used in Athletic Identity research. Its purpose
is to measure levels of athletic identity. It is composed
by 7 items with a 7-point Likert scale response format,
varying from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree),
producing a total sum AI score. The AIMS authors propose
a multidimensional model for measuring athletic identity
which is composed by three subscales: social identity (SC
– items 1, 2 and 3), exclusivity (EX – items 4 and 5) and
negative affectivity (NA – items 6 and 7; Brewer, Boin,
& Petitpas, 1993).
The psychometric properties of the AIMS have shown
a factorial structure with acceptable fi t indexes and a high

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