Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Sports Sciences

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Adölesan Sporcularda Çok Boyutlu Kaygının Değerlendirilmesi: Spor Kaygı Ölçeği-2'nin Geçerlik ve Güvenirliği
Evaluation of Multidimensional Anxiety in Adolescent Athletes: Validity and Reliability of Sport Anxiety Scale-2
Duygu KARADAĞa, F. Hülya AŞÇIb
aHaliç Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu, Spor Yöneticiliği Bölümü, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE
bMarmara Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği Bölümü, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE
Turkiye Klinikleri J Sports Sci. 2020;12(3):330-8
doi: 10.5336/sportsci.2020-75226
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu çalışmada, adölesan sporcuların çok boyutlu kaygı düzeylerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla geliştirilen Spor Kaygı Ölçeği-2 [Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2)]'nin yapı geçerliğinin, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile test edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmaya, 91 kız ve 97 erkek olmak üzere 10 farklı spor branşından toplam 188 (Xyaş=13,3; SS=2,7) adölesan sporcu katılmıştır. On beş madde, 4'lü Likert tipi değerlendirmeye sahip olan SAS-2; her biri 5 maddeden oluşan somatik kaygı, endişe ve konsantrasyon bozukluğu alt boyutlarından oluşmaktadır. Sporculara, SAS-2 ile birlikte 'kişisel bilgi formu', 'Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri', 'Sporcu Tükenmişlik Ölçeği' ve 'Adölesanlar İçin Fiziksel Benlik Algısı Envanteri-Çok Kısa Form' uygulanmıştır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliği için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi; eş zaman ve yakınsak-ıraksak geçerlik için Pearson çarpım momentler korelasyon analizi; yakınsak ve ıraksak geçerlikleri ayrıca test etmek için ortalama açıklanan varyans [average variance extracted (AVE)], maksimum paylaşılan varyansın karesi [maximum shared squared variance (MSV)] ve paylaşılan varyansın karesinin ortalaması [average shared squared variance (ASV)], bileşik güvenirlik [composite reliability (CR)] değerleri hesaplanmıştır. Ölçeğin güvenirliğini sınamak için Cronbach alfa iç tutarlılık ve CR katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Bulgular: Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre ölçekte yer alan maddelerin faktör yükleri ,71-,90 aralığında değişmekte ve modelin iyi uyum indeks değerlerine sahip olduğu (χ2 /sd=1,57; RMSEA=0,06; IFI=0,98; GFI=0,91; CFI=0,98; TLI=0,97) görülmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra SAS-2 ile Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri, Sporcu Tükenmişlik Ölçeği, Adölesanlar İçin Fiziksel Benlik Envanteri-Çok Kısa Form arasındaki korelasyonlar, envanterin eş zaman ve yakınsak-ıraksak geçerliğini desteklemektedir. Ayrıca hesaplanan MSV, ASV ve AVE değerleri, ölçeğin yakınsak ve ıraksak geçerliğini; Cronbach alfa ve CR katsayıları ise envanterin güvenirliğini desteklemektedir. Sonuç: Elde edilen bulgular, SAS-2'nin adölesan sporcularda çok boyutlu kaygının değerlendirilmesi için geçerlik ve güvenirlik koşullarını sağladığını ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Spor kaygı ölçeği; çok boyutlu kaygı; adölesan sporcular; doğrulayıcı faktör analizi; güvenirlik ve geçerlik
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the construct validity of the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2) for measuring multidimensional anxiety levels of adolescent athletes with confirmatory factor analysis. Material and Methods: 188 (Mage=13.3; SD=2.7) adolescent athletes in total including 91 girls and 97 boys from 10 different sports branches participated in the study. SAS-2 has 15 items and 4 Likert type evaluations; it consists of somatic anxiety, worry and concentration disruption subscales. The athletes have been applied the with SAS-2 'personal information form'; 'Trait Anxiety Inventory'; 'Athlete Burnout Questionnaire'; 'Very Short form of the Physical Self-Inventory for Adolescents'. The confirmatory factor Analysis was used for the construct validity of the scale and Pearson Correlation Analysis was used for concurrent, convergent-divergent validity and average variance extracted (AVE), maximum shared squared variance (MSV), average shared squared variance (ASV) and composite reliability (CR) values were used in order to separately test the convergent and divergent validity. Cronbach alpha internal consistency and CR coefficients were used in order to test the reliability. Results: The factor loads of the items included in the scale ranges between .71 and .90 according to the results of confirmatory factor analysis and it is seen that the model has good compliance index values (χ2 /df=1.57, RMSEA=0.06, IFI=0.98, GFI=0.91, CFI=0.98, TLI=0.97). Correlations between the scales of SAS-2 and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Athlete Burnout Questionnaire, Very Short form of the Physical Self-Inventory for Adolescents supported concurrent, divergent-convergent validity of the inventory. In addition, calculated MSV, ASV and AVE values are the convergent and divergent validity of the scale; Cronbach's alpha and CR coefficients supported reliability of the inventory. Conclusion: The findings obtained reveal that the SAS-2 ensure the validity and reliability conditions for evaluation of multidimensional anxiety in adolescent athletes.

Keywords: Sport anxiety measurement; multidimensional anxiety; adolescent athletes; confirmatory factor analyses; reliability and validity
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www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

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