Table 2. Exploratory Factor Analysis and reliability estimates of the Italian version of the Baller Identity Measurement Scale (BIMS-IT) relatively to “Factor one” and “Factor two”.

#Item	“Factor one”	“Factor two”
#1. I consider myself a student-athlete.	0.81
#2. I have many goals related to being a student-athlete.	0.79
#3. Most of my friends are student-athletes.
#4. Being a student-athlete is the most important part of my life.	0.56	0.60
#5. I spend more time thinking about being a student-athlete than anything else.		0.71
#6. When I’m a student-athlete, I feel good about myself.	0.63
#7. Other people see me mainly as a student-athlete.	0.53	0.41
#8. I feel bad about myself when I do poorly when I’m not a student-athlete.		0.59
#9. Being a student-athlete is the only important thing in my life.		0.79
#10. I would be very depressed if I were injured and could not be a student-athlete.		0.51
Alpha	0.84	0.83