Sport Psychology Studies

Sport Psychology Studies

Development and Validation of Sport Imposter Scale among Futsal Players

Document Type : Original research

Authors
sima dedejani 1
Navid Mahtab 2
ALI MOHAMMADI 3
1 Department of Physical Education, Islamic Azad University, Qorveh Branch,, Iran
2 Department of Sport Management,Qor.c.,Islamic Azad University,Qorveh,Iran
3 Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Qorveh Branch,, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2025.17443.2524
Abstract
Objectives:The phenomenon of imposter can always have a deterrent role in the professional path of futsal players, so it is necessary to correctly identify the occurrence of this phenomenon in players, unfortunately, there is currently no specialized tool to measure this phenomenon in futsal players.Based on this, the present study was designed and implemented to development and validation of sport imposter scale among futsal players

Materials and methods:the qualitative part, a phenomenological study was conducted using a purposeful sampling method. In this neighbourhood, the data was collected by semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the Claysey method.In the quantitative part, the questionnaire designed based on the qualitative stage was given to 235 people, and the data was analyzed using psychometric methods and confirmatory factor analysis through SPSS and AMOS software.

Results: As a result of this study, three themes and sub-themes were identified in the qualitative phase, and the quantitative part, a tool was designed based on these results, finally, after the implementation of psychometric methods and confirmatory factor analysis,he imposter scale for training futsal players with25 The question was designed to have three external dimensions of thinking about positive actions, self-doubt, and self-disabling behaviours, and in the final version of the questionnaire, the reliability of these dimensions and the total reliability were 0.86, 0.88, 0.90, and 0.92, respectively.

Conclusion:As a result of this study, a futsal players' sports imposter scale was designed with three dimensions and 25 questions, which can be used to evaluate the imposter state of these people.
Keywords
Impostor phenomenon
Futsal
Psychometrics
Athlete psychology
Subjects
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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 14, Issue 54
Autumn 2025
Pages 46-69

  • Receive Date 19 November 2024
  • Revise Date 15 August 2025
  • Accept Date 02 September 2025