Document Type : Original research study
Authors
1 Physical Education, Azad Islamic University of branch North Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant professor of physical education Department. Islamic Azad University.Tehran.Iran
3 Sport Sciences Research Institute (SSRI)
Abstract
The importance of psychological resilience in athletes is highlighted by the fact that many of the mental injuries and behavioral abnormalities of athletes are associated with it. To address this issue, it is necessary to have a tool to measure it in athletes, so the present study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the psychological resilience questionnaire in athletes in order to obtain this tool in the country. For this purpose, 319 athletes from different sports completed a questionnaire. After the translation-re-translation technique and confirmation of the face validity of the questionnaire by three experts, the initial pilot of the questionnaire was performed to eliminate minor problems. To determine the construct validity of the questionnaire, confirmatory factor analysis based on structural equation model, internal consistency of the questionnaire, Bernbach's alpha coefficient and its stability, correlation coefficient were used using test-retest. The results showed that the psychological resilience questionnaire was approved by 8 factors. Also, the questionnaire had the indicators of absolute fitness, internal consistency and acceptable stability, which indicates the desired validity and reliability of the Persian version of the questionnaire with 12 questions. this study presents a scale for measuring psychological flexibility in a broad range of athletes, with satisfactory psychometric properties and the potential to be a useful instrument for both researchers and clinicians in the sport field.
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