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Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2): evaluating the Swedish version by confirmatory factor analyses
Carolina Lundqvist1, Peter Hassmén
1Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden. carolinal@ihs.se
Journal of Sports Sciences
|October 1, 2005
Summary
The revised 17-item Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R) shows better psychometric properties for Swedish athletes than the original scale. This validated instrument improves the assessment of competitive state anxiety in sports psychology research.
Area of Science:
- Sport Psychology
- Psychometrics
Background:
- The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) is widely used but has faced questions regarding its factorial validity.
- A revised 17-item version (CSAI-2R) has been proposed to enhance psychometric soundness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the CSAI-2.
- To compare the factorial validity of the original CSAI-2 with its revised version (CSAI-2R).
Main Methods:
- Confirmatory factor analyses were employed to assess three different factor structures.
- The study involved 969 athletes across 26 sports who completed the Swedish CSAI-2.
Main Results:
- The original three-factor model and a two-factor model (excluding self-confidence) did not fit the data well.
- The 17-item revised version (CSAI-2R) demonstrated an acceptable fit to the data.
- While some error variance remains, the CSAI-2R is suggested as a superior alternative.
Conclusions:
- The 17-item Swedish CSAI-2R is psychometrically superior to the original CSAI-2.
- This validated instrument offers improved assessment of competitive state anxiety in Swedish athletes.
- Further research may be needed to address remaining concerns about subscale error variance.
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