Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Sport-Specific Psychological Skills: The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Smith ◽  
Robert W. Schutz ◽  
Frank L. Smoll ◽  
J.T. Ptacek
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

Confirmatory factor analysis was used as the basis for a new form of the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI). The ACSI-28 contains seven sport-specific subscales: Coping With Adversity, Peaking Under Pressure, Goal Setting/Mental Preparation, Concentration, Freedom From Worry, Confidence and Achievement Motivation, and Coachability. The scales can be summed to yield a Personal Coping Resources score, which is assumed to reflect a multifaceted psychological skills construct. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the factorial validity of the ACSI-28, as the seven subscales conform well to the underlying factor structure for both male and female athletes. Psychometric characteristics are described, and preliminary evidence for construct and predictive validity is presented.

The Relationship Between the Perceived Motivational Climate in Elite Collegiate Sport and Athlete Psychological Coping Skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mary D. Fry ◽  
Candace M. Hogue ◽  
Susumu Iwasaki ◽  
Gloria B. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mental Preparation ◽  
Collegiate Sport ◽  
Perceived Motivational Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Coping

Psychological coping skills in sport are believed to be central to athlete performance and well-being. This study examined the relationship between the perceived motivational climate in elite collegiate sport teams and player psychological coping skills use. Division I athletes (N = 467) completed a questionnaire examining their perceptions of how caring, task-, and ego-involving their teams were and their use of sport specific psychological coping skills (i.e., coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, goal setting/mental preparation, concentration, freedom from worry, confidence/achievement motivation, and coachability). Structural equation modeling revealed positive relationships between perceptions of a task-involving climate and confidence/achievement motivation (β = 0.42) and goal setting/mental preparation (β = 0.27). Caring climate perceptions were positively associated with coachability (β = 0.34). These findings illustrate how encouraging athletes and coaches to create a caring, task-involving climate may facilitate athletes’ use of psychological coping skills and set athletes up to perform their best and have a positive sporting experience.

scholarly journals Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Sport Psychology Attitudes—Revised Form: A Multiple Group Investigation

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott B. Martin ◽  
Michael Kellmann ◽  
David Lavallee ◽  
Stephen J. Page
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Cultural Preference

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to develop a revised form of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Sport Psychology Consultation Questionnaire (ATSSPCQ; Martin, Wrisberg, Beitel, & Lounsbury, 1997). The 50-item ATSSPCQ was administered to 533 athletes (M = 18.03 ± 2.71). Exploratory alpha factor analysis with varimax rotation produced four factors: (a) stigma tolerance, (b) confidence in sport psychology consultation, (c) personal openness, and (d) cultural preference. The new questionnaire, the Sport Psychology Attitudes - Revised form (SPA-R), was then administered to 379 United States, 234 United Kingdom, and 443 German athletes (M = 20.37 ± 5.13). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated the factorial validity of the four-factor model for the SPA-R for male and female athletes, late adolescent

Development and Validation of the Romantic Love Myths Questionnaire

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051989295
Author(s):  
Laura Lara ◽  
Verónica Gómez-Urrutia
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Initial Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure love myths among Chilean youth. Items created based on review of available literature were refined through experts’ revisions and participant focus groups. The initial questionnaire was applied to 1,538 high school and university students, aged between 14 and 24 years old. Exploratory factor analysis performed with half of the sample led to a 10-item questionnaire, grouped in two factors: idealization and love–abuse. Confirmatory factor analyses conducted with the other half of the sample corroborated this factorial structure. Reliability analyses indicated an adequate internal consistency, and correlations with dating violence and quality of relationship provide evidence on its concurrent validity. Complementary, results showed that females endorse more idealization and males love–abuse, and adolescents scored higher in both dimensions than emerging adults.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI-SP)

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Arnold ◽  
David Fletcher ◽  
Kevin Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Structure Study ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Organizational Stressors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analyses ◽  
Initial Item ◽  
Development And Validation

The series of related studies reported here describe the development and validation of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI-SP). In Study 1, an expert and usability panel examined the content validity and applicability of an initial item pool. The resultant 96 items were analyzed with exploratory factor analyses in Study 2, with the factorial structure comprising 5 factors (viz., Goals and Development, Logistics and Operations, Team and Culture, Coaching, Selection) and 33 items. Using confirmatory factor analyses, Studies 3 and 4 found support for the 5-factor structure. Study 4 also provided evidence for the OSI-SP’s concurrent validity and invariance across different groups. The OSI-SP is proposed as a valid and reliable measure of the organizational stressors encountered by sport performers.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Mukbang Addiction Scale

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kagan Kircaburun ◽  
Vasileios Stavropoulos ◽  
Andrew Harris ◽  
Filipa Calado ◽  
Emrah Emirtekin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Validity Criterion ◽  
Development And Validation

AbstractRecent literature has speculated that some individuals spend lots of time watching mukbang (i.e., combination of the South Korean words ‘eating’ [‘meokneun’] and ‘broadcast’ [‘bangsong’] that refers to eating broadcasts where a person eats a large portion of food on camera whilst interacting with viewers) and compensate different needs using this activity. However, compensating unattained offline needs using a specific online activity could lead to the addictive use of that activity. The present study investigated problematic mukbang watching by developing and validating the Mukbang Addiction Scale (MAS). An online survey was administered to 236 university students (Mage = 20.50 years; 62% female) who had watched mukbang at least once. Construct validity, criterion validity, and reliability analyses indicated that the MAS had good psychometric properties. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the unidimensional structure of the scale. The Cronbach’s alpha (α = .95) and composite reliability (CR = .92) suggested that the MAS had excellent internal consistency. Latent class analyses (LCA) revealed two primary profiles, one with high endorsement and one with low endorsement of the items assessed. Item response theory (IRT) findings also indicated a good model fit. IRT findings provisionally supported a cut-off scale raw score of 22 (out of 30). Assessment and clinical-related implications of the findings are illustrated in accordance with other excessive behaviours.

Construct Validity of the Fear of Negative Appearance Evaluation Scale in a Community Sample of French Adolescents

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Maïano ◽  
Alexandre J.S. Morin ◽  
Johana Monthuy-Blanc ◽  
Jean-Marie Garbarino
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Mean Structure ◽  
Future Practice

The main objective of the present series of studies was to test the construct validity (i.e., content, factorial, and convergent validities) of the Fear of Negative Appearance Evaluation Scale (FNAES) in a community sample of French adolescents. A total sample of 683 adolescents was involved in three studies. The factorial validity and the measurement invariance of the FNAES were verified through a series of confirmatory factor analyses. The convergent validity of the FNAES was then verified through correlational analyses. The first study showed that the content and formulation of the French FNAES items were adequate for children and adolescents. The following two studies (Studies 2 to 3) provided (a) support for the factor validity, reliability, and convergent validity of a five-item French version of the FNAES, and (b) partial support for the measurement invariance of the resulting FNAES across genders. However, the latent mean structure of the FNAES did not prove to be invariant across genders, revealing a significantly higher latent mean score of FNAES in girls relative to boys. The present results, thus, provide preliminary evidence regarding the construct validity of the FNAES in a community sample of French adolescents. Recommendations for future practice and research regarding this instrument are outlined.

The Brief Emotion Dysregulation Scale (BEDS): Development, validation, and implications for use

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea M Wycoff ◽  
Sarah A Griffin ◽  
Ashley C. Helle ◽  
Timothy J Trull
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Adequate Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Future Work

Emotion dysregulation is a multi-component and transdiagnostic construct present in many types of psychopathology. Screening for the experience of emotion dysregulation will be crucial in research and clinical settings to investigate its role in the development, maintenance, and treatment of psychiatric problems. We developed the 8-item Brief Emotion Dysregulation Scale (BEDS) for screening purposes to broadly capture the experience of emotion dysregulation. Samples 1 (N=792) and 2 (N=662) included college students who completed the BEDS, and Sample 3 (N=231) included college students who completed the BEDS plus measures of related constructs. Results from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a one-factor solution was appropriate and provided adequate model fit, and correlations demonstrated good convergent and criterion validity. This study provides preliminary evidence for the use of the BEDS for emotion dysregulation screening, and future work should examine its validity in clinical samples.

Self-Connection and Well-Being: Development and Validation of a Self-Connection Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Klussman ◽  
Austin Lee Nichols ◽  
Nicole Curtin ◽  
Julia Langer ◽  
Edward Orehek
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Health And Well Being

Self-connection is composed of three factors: (1) self-awareness, (2) self-acceptance, and (3) self-alignment. Although some promising results suggest that self-connection uniquely contributes to well-being, they have relied on an untested, single-item measure. To advance empirical examination of self-connection and its role in well-being, the current research developed and validated a 12-item Self-Connection Scale (SCS). A total of 1,469 participants were recruited across three studies to examine the SCS and its three underlying components. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we found evidence supporting the factor structure and inter-item reliability as well as evidence of construct, concurrent, and incremental validity. Importantly, results from three studies suggest that the SCS is associated with multiple important indicators of health and well-being. The scale also demonstrated incremental validity beyond mindfulness, authenticity, self-concept clarity, self-compassion, and self-acceptance in its association with various mental health and well-being indicators. Thus, the SCS provides a valuable tool to measure and study self-connection and its relationship to well-being and other important psychological outcomes.

scholarly journals Peer Motivational Climate in Youth Sport: Measurement Development and Validation

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikos Ntoumanis ◽  
Spiridoula Vazou
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Measurement Development ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Team Conflict ◽  
Development And Validation

The influence of the peer group on young people’s achievement motivation has been highlighted in the literature as an area that needs examination (e.g., Harwood & Swain, 2001). To this effect, a new measure of youngsters’ perceptions of the peer motivational climate (Peer Motivational Climate in Youth Sport Questionnaire; PeerMCYSQ) was developed and tested across three studies. In Study 1, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) with 431 athletes between the ages of 11 to 16 years suggested that the PeerMCYSQ had 6 factors that could also be subsumed into 2 higher order factors (Task-Involving climate: improvement, relatedness support, effort; Ego-Involving climate: intra-team competition, normative ability, intra-team conflict). In Studies 2 and 3 the 6-factor solution and the corresponding hierarchical one were tested using CFA with two independent samples (N = 606 and 495, respectively) of similar age. The results showed that the 6-factor model was problematic and that a 5-factor solution should be preferred instead. Further support to the 5-factor model was provided with hierarchical and multilevel CFAs. Suggestions for further research on peer motivational climate are discussed.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of Social Motivation Questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. e664-e673
Author(s):  
Xianmin Gong ◽  
Kendra L Seaman ◽  
Helene H Fung ◽  
Corinna Loeckenhoff ◽  
Frieder R Lang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Design And Methods

Abstract Background and Objectives Information-seeking (IS) and emotion-regulatory (ER) motivation play meaningful roles in age-related changes in social interaction across adulthood. This study aimed to develop and validate the Social Motivation Questionnaire (SMQ) to assess these two types of motivation. Research Design and Methods Ten items were selected from a pool as the candidate items of SMQ and were administered to 480 German adults (20–91 years old) for validation. These items were also administered to 150 U.S. (18–40 years old) and 131 Hong Kong younger adults (18 to 26 years old) for cultural-invariance examination. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that a two-factor, eight-item structure fits the German adults’ data well with satisfactory reliability. Multigroup comparisons showed cross-age invariance among younger, middle-aged, and older German adults, as well as cross-cultural invariance among German, U.S., and Hong Kong younger adults. Discussion and Implications A new questionnaire, SMQ, was developed and validated to measure IS and ER social motivation across adulthood and across cultures.

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