Initial development and validity evidence for the processes of change in Psychological Skills Training Questionnaire. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Massey, William V.; Meyer, Barbara B.; Mullen, Sean P.
• Is Part Of: Psychology of sport and exercise. Volume 16:Part 3 (2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 79
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Transtheoretical model -- Exploratory structural equation modeling -- Processes of change -- Stage of change; TTM Transtheoretical Model -- PST Psychological Skills Training -- PCPSTQ Processes of Change in Sport Questionnaire -- ESEM Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling -- CFI Comparative Fit Index -- TLI Tucker Lewis Index -- RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation -- SRMR Standard Root Mean Square Residual; Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Sports -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Periodicals; Societies, Medical -- Periodicals; Psychology; Sports; Exercise; Societies, Medical; Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques; Exercice -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques; 613.71019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1469-0292

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: The purpose of this study was to create and provide validity evidence for the Processes of Change in Psychological Skills Training Questionnaire (PCPSTQ). Design: The current study used a cross-sectional research design. Methods: Five hundred fifty nine NCAA Division I, professional, and Olympic level athletes participated in the current study. To create the PCPSTQ, an initial pool of 114 items was generated by the research team. After a content validity process, 65 items were retained for analysis. Exploratory structural equation modeling was used as an analytic strategy to identify the most appropriate factor structure for the PCPSTQ. Decisions about the most appropriate model were made using multiple fit indices. To examine the construct validity of the PCPSTQ, a series of one-way ANOVAs were conducted to examine differences in processes of change use across stage of change. Results: In the current study, validity evidence provided support for a 7-factor process of change measure ( χ 2 = 325.84, p < .001; Comparative Fit Index = .971; Tucker Lewis Index = .945; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = .037; Standard Root Mean Square Residual = .020). Results also supported the construct validity of the scale as a significant difference in process of change use across stage of change was reported for all seven processes. Conclusions: Results of the current study support the factor structure and construct validity of the PCPSTQ. It appears that the processes of behavior change reported across multiple behavior change domains might also be viable for sport psychology professionals. Highlights: We developed and tested a measure to examine the POC in sport psychology. Factorial and construct validity was established for the PCPSTQ. This is the first known study to empirically examine the POC in a sport context.