Translation and Validation of Athletic Coping Skills Inventory on Pakistani Female Sport Players

Abstract

Background. Sport players during competition face different types of stressors. The coping ability of sport players towards stress is considered one of the major factors in determining the level of function or performance in any performance (Lopes Dos Santos et al., 2020). The objective was to translate and validate the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory on women sport players in Pakistan. The lack of English language skills held by sport players has been highlighted quite often which raised the need for translation of measuring tools.

Method. This study had two phases. In the first phase, the scale was translated according to guidelines provided by Gudmundsson (2009). In the second step, data collection, from 302 women sport players, was done by using the snowball purposive sampling technique. Women sport players playing at international, national, university, club, and college levels with at least one year of experience were included in this study.

Results. The factor structure confirmed 26 items of the scale with seven subscales. Results confirmed an adequate model fit indices as Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = .04, Comparative Fit Index = .92, Tucker-Lewis Index = .90, and Incremental Fit Index = .92. The results indicated the Cronbach’s alpha reliability of .86.

Conclusion. Thus, it was concluded that the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory is a reliable scale for measuring the coping skills of sport players in Pakistan. It may prove helpful in designing interventions in various fields related to sport for athletes. Moreover, it will help the inclusion of such athletes in research who lack command of the English language.