Psychometric properties of the Sport Mental Health Continuum – Short Form scale (Sport MHC-SF): cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of the Chinese adaptation

Table 1 Description of the distribution of sample characteristics

Variables	Type	n	%
Gender	Male	668	65
Gender	Female	357	35
Grade	First Year	280	27
	Second Year	415	41
	Third year	196	19
	Fourth-year	99	10
	Graduate Students	35	3
Sports level	Ranked	464	45
Sports level	Non-Ranked	561	55
Type of institution	Sports Universities	188	18
Type of institution	Non-Sports Universities	837	82
The main field of study	Sports-related Majors	542	53
The main field of study	Not Sport Majors	483	47

ISSN: 2050-7283