Preliminary Study of the Psychometric Properties of a Questionnaire to Assess Spanish Canoeists’ Perceptions of the Sport System’s Capacity for Talent Development in Women’s Canoeing

Juan Carlos Guevara-Pérez, Jorge Rojo-Ramos, Santiago Gómez-Paniagua, Jorge Pérez-Gómez and José Carmelo Adsuar
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Juan Carlos Guevara-Pérez: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Jorge Rojo-Ramos: Health Economy Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Santiago Gómez-Paniagua: BioẼrgon Research Group, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Jorge Pérez-Gómez: Health Economy Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
José Carmelo Adsuar: Promoting a Healthy Society (PHeSO) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: Given the importance of sport at a global level, the competitiveness of sport systems is a determining factor in attracting resources from different sectors. Competitiveness is largely measured by the athletes’ level. Therefore, the production of competitive talent is an aspect that occupies the managers of different sports systems. This study analyzed the factor structure and reliability of a questionnaire for the evaluation of the perceptions of actors of a sport (canoeing) on the ability of the national system to produce talent in one of its modalities recently incorporated in the Olympic Games (OG) of Tokyo 2021. The sample consisted of 167 individuals linked to Spanish canoeing, who responded to the questionnaire “Evaluation of the current position in canoeing-sport with regard to talent” of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). Exploratory, confirmatory and reliability factor analyses were performed. The results showed a one-dimensional factor structure composed of seven items, with good and excellent goodness-of-fit values and high reliability (McDonald’s Omega = 0.82). Thus, the ICF questionnaire can be considered a quick and easy to apply tool to analyze the perceptions about the development of talent in canoeing in order to take actions for the recruitment, promotion and development of talent.

Keywords: women and sport; talent production; canoeing; Olympic Games; sport system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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