Sport Anxiety Scale-2: Reliability and validity study in Turkish wrestlers
Hakan Akman1
, Ayşegül Yetkin Tekin2, Atilla Tekin3
1Private Clinic of Psychology, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, Faculty of Education, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Türkiye
3Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Türkiye
Keywords: Anxiety, confirmatory factor analysis, sport anxiety scale, reliability, validity
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the linguistic and construct validity of the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2) among Turkish wrestlers.
Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 150 active professional wrestlers aged between 18 and 40. Each participant completed a sociodemographic data form, the SAS-2-which includes three subscales and 15 items-and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. The linguistic and construct validity of the SAS-2 was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis, while its reliability was determined through the calculation of Composite Reliability (CR), Average Variance Extracted (AVE), and Cronbach's Alpha coefficients.
Results: The factor loadings of the SAS-2 ranged from .55 to .93. The goodness-of-fit indices indicated acceptable model fit (GFI = .84, NFI = .93, RFI = .92, CFI = .96, IFI = .96, and RMSEA = .10). Regarding internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from .83 to .92, Composite Reliability (CR) values ranged from .79 to .84, and Average Variance Extracted (AVE) values ranged from .54 to .67.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that the SAS-2 is a valid and reliable self-report scale for assessing sports-related anxiety in athletes aged 18 and above.
Cite this article as: Akman H, Yetkin Tekin A, Tekin A. Sport Anxiety Scale-2: Reliability and validity study in Turkish wrestlers. Turk J Sports Med. 2025;60(1):12-8; https://doi.org/10.47447/tjsm.0864
The approval for this study was obtained from Haliç University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee, İstanbul, Türkiye (Decision no:04, Date: 26/10/2017).
Contributions: H.A.: Designed the Study-Data Collection-Literatur Review-Performed Analysis; A.Y.T.: Literatur Review- Writing Paper-Performed Analysis; A.T.: Writing Paper-Supervision All authors contributed to the final version of the manuscript and discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to authorship and/or publication of the article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or publication of this article.
Special Thanks: The authors would like to thanks to Dr. Yaşar Yavuz who works in Buca Education Faculty, İzmir,Turkey for his valuable comments on the statistical analysis of the data.
