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  • Evaluating Measures of Optimism and Sport Confidence

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    Author(s)
    Fogarty, Gerard J.
    Perera, Harsha N.
    Furst, Andrea
    Thomas, Pat
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    Thomas, Pat R.
    Furst, Andrea
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    The psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), the Sport Confidence Inventory (SCI), and the Carolina SCI (CSCI) were examined in a study involving 260 athletes. The study aimed to test the dimensional structure, convergent and divergent validity, and invariance over competition level of scores generated by these instruments. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) supported the measurement models for the SCI and CSCI but favoured a two-dimensional model for the LOT-R. ESEM analyses of the total pool of 33 items indicated satisfactory divergent validity among these optimism and sport ...
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    The psychometric properties of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), the Sport Confidence Inventory (SCI), and the Carolina SCI (CSCI) were examined in a study involving 260 athletes. The study aimed to test the dimensional structure, convergent and divergent validity, and invariance over competition level of scores generated by these instruments. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) supported the measurement models for the SCI and CSCI but favoured a two-dimensional model for the LOT-R. ESEM analyses of the total pool of 33 items indicated satisfactory divergent validity among these optimism and sport confidence measures with the only overlap occurring between the LOT-R and CSCI measures of optimism. The SCI discriminated among athletes participating at different competitive levels and emerged as the most suitable instrument for measuring individual differences in sport confidence. The CSCI emerged as a better measure of optimism in a sporting context than the more general LOT-R.
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    Journal Title
    Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
    Volume
    20
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2015.1111220
    Copyright Statement
    © 2016 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science on 08 Jan 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2015.1111220
    Subject
    Sports science and exercise
    Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/101790
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