SPQ20 Psychometric Properties
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SPQ20's psychometric properties
Areas of use
Sport counselling, training, advice,
guidance and career choice.
Intended mode of use
Password restricted and open access
Internet delivered test.
Populations for which the test is intended
Professional and amateur athletes aged
16-65.
Number of scales and brief description of
the variable or variables measured by the instrument
4 higher order factors: Achievement and
Competitiveness, Confidence and Resilience, Interaction and
Sportsmanship, Power and Agressiveness.
21 primary scales: Achievement,
Adaptability , Competitiveness, Conscientiousness,
Visualization, Intuition, Goal Setting, Managing Pressure,
Self-Efficacy, Fear of Failure Control, Flow, Stress
Management, Emotions, Self-Talk, Self-Awareness, Ethics,
Empathy, Relationships, Aggressiveness, Power, Impression
Management.
Items format
Normative.
No of test items
168 items; 8 items per scale.
Administration mode
Computerised web-based application –
unsupervised self assessment.
Time required for
administering the instrument
Administration takes 10-15 minutes.
Scoring, analysis and feedback take under 1 minute.
Scoring procedure for the test
Computer scoring with direct entry of
responses by test taker.
Scores
Scale scores are the sum of scale items.
Score transformation
for standard scores
Normalised – scores obtained by use of
normalisation look-up table.
Scales used
Standard Ten Scores.
Report media
Integrated text and graphics.
Complexity
Medium - a mixture of simple descriptions
and some configural descriptions.
Report structure
The report is constructed around the 6
higher order factors and 20 primary scales.
Sensitivity to
context
One version.
Narrative
Based on interpretive judgement of one
expert.
Modifiability
Not modifiable (fixed print-only output).
Degree of finish
Publication quality.
Transparency
Clear linkage between scale scores and
text.
Style and tone
Guidance.
Intended recipients
Athletes and coaches.
Appropriateness for local use, whether
local or international norms
Large international sample with good
relevance for intended application. Sample size Large –
5,000+
Theoretical
foundations of the constructs
Synthesis of research on sport psychology.
Construct validity
Good coverage of sport psychology factors
and correlations with reported success. Median correlation
between the test and marker variables = 0.6
Internal consistency
reliability
Median of coefficients = 0.7
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