Srem-Sai Medina, Quansah Frank, Hagan John Elvis, Ankomah Francis, Frimpong James Boadu, Ogum Prosper Narteh, Schack Thomas
Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Department of Educational Foundations, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 19;13:856217. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856217. eCollection 2022.
Despite the widespread use of the stress appraisal measure questionnaire in sport psychology literature, information on the psychometric properties of this survey instrument across different cultures and samples is still lacking. This study sought to validate the stress appraisal measure among male football players in the Ghana's Premier League using the multidimensional item response theory. The descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted to recruit 424 footballers from the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League season using the census approach. The 28-item Stress Appraisal Measure was used to assess six (6) appraisal mechanisms under primary and secondary cognitive appraisals. The ordered polytomous item response theory was used for analyzing the data. The study found that although some items were problematic, the majority of them were found to have good item parameters, effective scale option functioning, and provided adequate empirical information in the measurement of stress appraisal. This research concluded that the stress appraisal measure has promising applicability among male footballers who participated in the premier league in Ghana. Future researchers are encouraged to re-validate the stress appraisal measure with a different sample to contribute to the understanding of the applicability of the instrument in non-western populations.
尽管压力评估测量问卷在运动心理学文献中被广泛使用，但关于该调查工具在不同文化和样本中的心理测量特性的信息仍然缺乏。本研究旨在使用多维项目反应理论，对加纳超级联赛中的男性足球运动员的压力评估测量进行验证。采用描述性横断面调查设计，通过普查方法从2020/2021赛季加纳超级联赛中招募了424名足球运动员。使用包含28个条目的压力评估测量来评估初级和次级认知评估下的六种评估机制。采用有序多分类项目反应理论对数据进行分析。研究发现，尽管一些条目存在问题，但大多数条目具有良好的项目参数、有效的量表选项功能，并且在压力评估测量中提供了足够的实证信息。本研究得出结论，压力评估测量在参加加纳超级联赛的男性足球运动员中具有良好的适用性。鼓励未来的研究人员用不同的样本重新验证压力评估测量，以促进对该工具在非西方人群中适用性的理解。
