TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric issues in organizational stressor research: A review and implications for sport psychology
AU - Arnold, Rachel
AU - Fletcher, David
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Organizational stressors can potentially elicit a number of undesirable consequences for sport performers. It is, therefore, imperative that psychologists better understand the demands that athletes encounter via their exploration and assessment. However, although researchers have identified a wide range of organizational stressors in competitive sport, they have yet to develop a measure or indicator to assess them. In contrast, scholars in other psychology subdisciplines have designed measures of organizational-related stressors, which have the potential to inform the advancement of stress research in sport. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to review psychometric issues in organizational stressor research and discuss the implications for sport psychology. The narrative is divided into four main areas: conceptual and theoretical issues, item development issues, measurement and scoring issues, and analytical and statistical issues.
AB - Organizational stressors can potentially elicit a number of undesirable consequences for sport performers. It is, therefore, imperative that psychologists better understand the demands that athletes encounter via their exploration and assessment. However, although researchers have identified a wide range of organizational stressors in competitive sport, they have yet to develop a measure or indicator to assess them. In contrast, scholars in other psychology subdisciplines have designed measures of organizational-related stressors, which have the potential to inform the advancement of stress research in sport. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to review psychometric issues in organizational stressor research and discuss the implications for sport psychology. The narrative is divided into four main areas: conceptual and theoretical issues, item development issues, measurement and scoring issues, and analytical and statistical issues.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859771634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2012.639608
U2 - 10.1080/1091367X.2012.639608
DO - 10.1080/1091367X.2012.639608
M3 - Article
SN - 1532-7841
VL - 16
SP - 81
EP - 100
JO - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
JF - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
ER -