Amount of psychological stress reported by high school volleyball officials.
All volleyball officials registered with a state high school activities association in a midwestern state were surveyed at the end of the volleyball season to assess their self-reported, psychological stress. Of 470 officials contacted, 353 (75%) responded by filling out a simple 5 point rating scale. The mean rating of stress was 2.3 (SD = .6) (between "very little" and "a moderate amount") which is similar to past findings for certified, amateur baseball and softball umpires.
Stewart
M J
MJ
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University of Nebraska at Omaha 68182-0216, USA. mstewart@unomaha.edu
Ellery
P J
PJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*