title: Psychometric data concerning the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Direction (PANAS-D) in athletes in Arabic-Tunisian language supporting a 2-factor structure of its short modified version.
abstract: The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Direction (PANAS-D) questionnaire was translated from the French version developed by Nicolas and coworkers into Arabic-Tunisian language and administered to a sample of 519 athletes (mean age 19.43±3.78 years; 230 male, 229 female; 75 competing at international level, 287 at national level, 130 at regional level, and 27 at local level). A semi-confirmatory factor analysis was carried out in order to shed light on the factor structure of the questionnaire. Different models were tested, including the 1-factor, the 2-factor and the 3-factor structure models, and compared in terms of fitting indexes. Data support a 2-factor solution of the modified short version of the PANAS-D questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sport and Physical Education (ISSEP), The Department of Education Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mannouba, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Sofiane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mnadla
authors.affiliation: Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Sfax University, Tunisia; Laboratoire Techniques et Enjeux du Corps, Université Paris Descartes, France.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elloumi
authors.affiliation: Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, Gafsa University, Gafsa, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hajji
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Via Antonio Pastore 1, Genoa 16132, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: L Bragazzi
keywords: Semi-confirmatory factor analysis; Sport and exercise psychology