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Perceived psychological stress among high school basketball officials
Michael J Stewart1, Peter J Ellery, Jane Ellery
1University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620-5650, USA. mstewart@coedu.usf.edu
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to survey certified high school basketball officials during midseason to assess whether the sources and magnitude of perceived psychological stress would be consistent with previous studies of officials in other sports. The sources and magnitude of perceived psychological stress were measured among 324 high school basketball officials (N=324; 312 men, 12 women) using a revised version of the Ontario Soccer Officials Survey. The mean age was 37.6 yr. (SD= 9.4), and the mean years of basketball refereeing experience was 11.7 yr. (SD=8.3). A random sample (N=498) of all basketball officials in a midwestern state (N=1,011) was used, and 324 of the surveys were returned (65%). The overall variance accounted for with the four factors was 84.7%. The magnitude of stress for these factors ranged from below mild to moderate.
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