Development of Sport Courage Scale

• Authors: Erkut Konter , Johan Ng
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

While theory and practice of sport have much to say about fear, stress and anxiety, they have little to say about courage. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a Sport Courage Scale. Data were collected from two groups of male and female athletes aged from 13 to 22 in different individual and team sports. The first set of data (N = 380) was analyzed by exploratory factor analysis, and the second set of data (N = 388) was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis. Analyses revealed a 5-factor structure of Sport Courage Scale that supported factorial validity and reliability of scale scores. These factors were labelled: "Determination", "Mastery", "Assertiveness", "Venturesome", and "Self-Sacrifice Behaviour". Finally, evidence of test-retest reliability of scale scores was supported based on responses from 75 athletes. However, more research is needed to further improve the Sport Courage Scale.

Keywords

EN

courage; sport; scale development; risk

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 163-172

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2012

online

4 - 7 - 2012

Contributors

author

Erkut Konter

• Buca Educational Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, TURKEY

author

Johan Ng

• School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0055-z