Dr Melvin Chan co-publishes a journal article in the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Dr Melvin Chan, Senior Education Research Scientist at the Office for Research (OfR), co-published a journal article titled “The 4Cs in youth sport: investigating psychometric multidimensionality, measurement invariance and criterion-related validity” in the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. This journal article is part of Dr Regina Lim’s PhD thesis, who was supervised by Dr Melvin Chan and Associate Professor Koh Koon Teck from the Physical Education & Sports Science (PESS) Academic Department.

The 4Cs (competence, confidence, connection, and character) of positive youth development (PYD) have been proposed as an appropriate framework for assessing athlete outcomes across various sport domains. However, the psychometric multidimensionality of the full 4C model has not been rigorously investigated. This study examined the psychometric multidimensionality of the 4C model, comprising 10 subfactors, among youth team sport athletes. Read the journal article to find out about the implications and conclusion!