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The ARSQ: the athletes' received support questionnaire
Paul Freeman1, Pete Coffee, Tjerk Moll
1Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, St. Luke's Campus, Exeter, UK.
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
|April 2, 2014
Summary
Researchers developed the Athletes' Received Support Questionnaire (ARSQ) to measure social support in athletes. The ARSQ shows validity across emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible support dimensions.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sports Science
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Calls for context-specific measurement of social support.
- Need for validated instruments to assess social support in athletic populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the Athletes' Received Support Questionnaire (ARSQ).
- To provide a flexible tool for measuring received social support in athletes.
Main Methods:
- Development of the ARSQ through four studies.
- Exploration of its dimensional structure (four-dimensional, unidimensional, higher-order models).
- Assessment of convergent and nomological validity using established measures and relevant psychological variables.
Main Results:
- The ARSQ demonstrated support for a four-dimensional structure (emotional, esteem, informational, tangible).
- Evidence for convergent validity with the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors.
- Nomological validity confirmed through prediction of self-confidence, affect, and moderation of stress-negative affect relationship.
Conclusions:
- The ARSQ provides initial evidence of validity for measuring received social support in athletes.
- Offers researchers flexibility in adopting multidimensional or aggregated measurement approaches.
- Contributes a context-specific tool for social support research in sports psychology.
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