How to improve athletes’ return of investment: shortening questionnaires in the applied sport psychology setting

Horvath, Stephan; Röthlin, Philipp (2018). How to improve athletes’ return of investment: shortening questionnaires in the applied sport psychology setting Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 30(2), pp. 241-248. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/10413200.2017.1382020

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In counseling settings we need short and understandable, as well as valid and reliable, questionnaires. However, test construction focuses primarily on the latter, resulting in rather long tests and athletes’ perception of low return on time investment. We address this problem by explaining how questionnaires can be shortened (i.e., using three selection criteria) and validated (e.g., by calculating interitem correlations). As an example we shortened the Thought Occurrence Questionnaire Sport from 17 to three items. We argue why this short version still satisfies quality criteria and why such short(ened) questionnaires should be more appreciated (e.g., by publishing and using them in counseling settings).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen SFISM > EHSM - Leistungssport > Sportpsychologie

Name:

Horvath, Stephan and
Röthlin, Philipp

ISSN:

1041-3200 (Print) 1533-1571 (Online)

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Language:

English

Submitter:

Service Account

Date Deposited:

21 Sep 2020 11:21

Last Modified:

21 Sep 2021 02:18

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/10413200.2017.1382020

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

Sportpsychologie Leistungssport

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.10963

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/10963

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