Development and validation of a multidimensional measure of sport-specific psychological skills: The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28

RE Smith, RW Schutz, FL Smoll…�- Journal of sport and�…, 1995 - journals.humankinetics.com
RE Smith, RW Schutz, FL Smoll, JT Ptacek
Journal of sport and exercise psychology, 1995journals.humankinetics.com
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�…
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.
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