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Development and Preliminary Validation of Social Media as an Educational and Professional Tool Student Perceptions Scale (SMEPT-SPS)

Christos AnagnostopoulosSamuel López-carrilMaría Huertas González-serranoFerran CalabuigVicente Añó

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confirmatory factor analysisHigher educationsocial mediaGeography Planning and DevelopmentValidityTJ807-830Sample (statistics)Context (language use)Management Monitoring Policy and Lawpsychometric propertiesTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesProfessional learning community0502 economics and businesssports-management educationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONSocial mediaGE1-350EsportsMedical educationEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industry05 social sciencesscale developmentpreliminary validation050301 educationConfirmatory factor analysisEnvironmental sciencesScale (social sciences)higher educationEducació físicaX990Psychologybusiness0503 education050212 sport leisure & tourisminstrumental studies

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Although social media has an increasing presence both in university and sports settings, in the sports-management education context, no instruments (without being focused on one particular social-media platform, e.g., Facebook and Twitter) have been developed and validated that globally allow the academy to explore the perceptions of sports-management students concerning the educational and professional learning potential that these tools offer. Therefore, this research’s main objective is to develop and perform a preliminary validation of the social media as an educational and professional tool student perceptions scale (SMEPT-SPS). This study sample was composed of 90 Spanish undergraduate sports-management students (M = 22.56

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-02-08Sustainability
10.3390/su13041814https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/4/1814