Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 975-982
Olga Molinero, Alfonso Salguero y Sara Márquez
Universidad de León
El objetivo del estudio fue adaptar y validar un Cuestionario de Estrategias de Afrontamiento en Competición Deportiva (ISCCS), estableciendo sus propiedades psicométricas y su estructura dimensional. Participaron 306 deportistas de distintas modalidades deportivas con un rango de edad de 14 a 28 años (45,7% hombres y 54,3% mujeres) a los que se aplicó el ISCCS junto con otras medidas de constructos teóricamente relacionados con el afrontamiento. Se identificaron mediante análisis factorial ocho factores que se agrupaban en tres dimensiones de segundo orden: afrontamiento centrado en la tarea, afrontamiento centrado en las emociones, y afrontamiento centrado en la distracción, consistentes con la teoría y las investigaciones previas. Los factores presentaron una fiabilidad adecuada (alfa de Cronbach y correlaciones entre factores), así como validez convergente (correlaciones con las escalas del COPE Inventory) y validez concurrente (correlaciones con las escalas de CSAI-2 y PANAS). Se concluye que la versión española del ISCCS es un instrumento válido y fiable para identificar y evaluar las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas en situaciones competitivas, posibilitando la intervención psicológica para la mejora de los resultados de los deportistas.
Psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish adaptation of the Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport. The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate a Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport (ISCCS), establishing its psychometric properties and its dimensional structure. Participants were 306 athletes from different sports, aged between 14 and 28 years (45.7% males and 54.3% females), who completed the ISCSS along with other measures of constructs theoretically related to coping. Factor analysis identified eight factors that merged in three high-order dimensions representing task-oriented coping, emotion-oriented coping and disengagement-oriented coping. The factors showed appropriate reliability (Cronbach alpha and factor correlations), convergent validity (correlations with COPE Inventory scales) and concurrent validity (correlations with CSAI-2 and PANAS scales). It is concluded that the Spanish version of the ISCCS has proved to be a valid and reliable instrument to identify and assess competitive coping strategies, allowing psychological intervention to improve athletes’ performance.
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