Journal article
Preliminary psychometric validation of a brief screening tool for athlete mental health among male elite athletes: the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire
SM Rice, AG Parker, D Mawren, P Clifton, P Harcourt, M Lloyd, A Kountouris, B Smith, PD McGorry, R Purcell
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
There is growing interest in the area of elite athlete mental health, however brief, valid and reliable screening instruments designed to identify early indictors of athlete-specific distress and potential mental health symptoms are lacking. This study sought to develop a brief screening instrument for athlete populations–the Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ)–and examine convergent, divergent and construct validity. A two-stage psychometric validation study was undertaken. Self-report data was collected from 1,007 currently competing Australian elite male athletes (M = 23.67, SD = 4.16). The sample was randomly partitioned into calibration (n = 497) and validation (n = 510) s..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Simon Rice was supported by the Mary Elizabeth Watson Early Career Fellowship in Allied Health from Royal Melbourne Hospital [grant number MEW-2017-001]. This study was, in part, made possible from funding from several sporting bodies, all of whom requested anonymity.