Table 5.
Sample composition and subscale scores for a range of papers using the SIMS.
| References | Sample | AM | EX | ID | IM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guay et al., 2000* | 40 Canadian male college students | T: 2.21: R: 2.39 | T: 2.65; R: 2.66 | T: 3.98: R: 3.34 | T: 4.86; R: 4.03 |
| Standage and Treasure, 2002 | 318 US middle school students | 3.91(1.81) | 4.88 (1.70) | 4.85 (1.59) | 4.75 (1.68) |
| Conroy et al., 2006** | 165 US youth swimmers | 1.72 (1.09) | 2.17 (1.43) | 5.44 (1.32) | 5.80 (1.25) |
| Gillet et al., 2010 | 101 French judokas | 1.75 (0.96) | 3.64 (1.29) | 5.09 (1.10) | 5.06 (1.08) |
| Fernandez-Rio et al., 2014 | 19 Spanish (inter)national swimmers | 1.88 (0.90) | 2.90 (1.36) | 5.67 (1.16) | 4.78 (1.35) |
| Podlog et al., 2015 | 192 Swedish elite junior skiers | 1.87 (1.06) | 1.98 (1.04) | 6.01 (0.99) | 6.25 (0.83) |
*
Involved experiment with two conditions (task-focused and reward-focused);
**
14-item version (one item dropped each for identified regulation and external regulation); AM, amotivation; EX, external regulation; ID, identified regulation; IM, intrinsic motivation; T, task-focused; R, reward-focused; values are mean (standard deviation).