[Psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish adaptation of the Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport].
The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate a Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport (ISCCS), establishing its psychometric properties and its dimensional structure. Participants were 306 athletes from different sports, aged between 14 and 28 years (45.7% males and 54.3% females), who completed the ISCSS along with other measures of constructs theoretically related to coping. Factor analysis identified eight factors that merged in three high-order dimensions representing task-oriented coping, emotion-oriented coping and disengagement-oriented coping. The factors showed appropriate reliability (Cronbach alpha and factor correlations), convergent validity (correlations with COPE Inventory scales) and concurrent validity (correlations with CSAI-2 and PANAS scales). It is concluded that the Spanish version of the ISCCS has proved to be a valid and reliable instrument to identify and assess competitive coping strategies, allowing psychological intervention to improve athletes' performance.
Universidad de León, Instituto de Biomedicina, León, Spain.
Olga
O
Molinero
Alfonso
A
Salguero
Sara
S
Márquez
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013030:Spain; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult