摘要：Electronic sports appeared in the world in the late 1970s and gainedpopularity in the 2000s. In Turkey, onthe other hand, the popularity and the number of players have increased after2008. In this study, the Participation Motivation Scale for E-Sports (PMSES)was developed in order to evaluate the motivation for participation of thosewho do E-Sports. The research included 590 participants that play variousE-Sports games. The research was designed as the structural equation and mixedmodel. Within the scope of the structural validity of the scale, exploratoryfactor analysis (EFA) was carried out in the SPSS 23, and confirmatory factoranalysis (CFA) was applied to the measuring instrument in AMOS Software. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin(KMO) value was found to be 0.975 and the sample size was found to besufficient. As a result of the factor analysis applied regarding the validityof the scale, three factors representing 78.847% of the total variance wereobtained. The Cronbach Alphacoefficient was calculated as 0.972 as a result of the reliability analysis ofthe 22-item scale. It can be said that the Participation Motivation Scale forE-Sports (PMSES) is a valid and reliable data collection tool that can measurethe participation motivation of the individuals who do E-Sports.
