Sport Anxiety Scale 2: The reliability and validity study in Turkish popülation

Higher anxiety levels can cause to increase of performance anxiety and to decrease of functionality in athletes. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of Sport Anxiety Scale 2 (SAS-2) in Turkish wrestlers. The sample of linguistic equivalence step of the study was constructed by 80 university students who continuing for their education at Department of Translation and Interpreting, Halic University. The sample of the validity and reliability of the study was constructed by 150 wrestlers who are continuing for their performances on the Sarıyer and Beylikdüzü camps in İstanbul, Elmadağ camp in Ankara and Edirne camp that depend on Turkish Wrestling Federation were included in the research. All participants were performed a sociodemographic form, and English and Turkish forms of Sport Anxiety Scale 2 for the linguistic equivalence step of the study. All of the participants were fulfilled a sociodemographic form, Beck Anxiety Scale and SAS-2 for the reliability and validity step of the study. All of the participants were fulfilled the same scales for re-test evaluation one month later. Descriptive datas and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed for the reliability and validity of SAS-2. According to the results of our study, the internal consistent coefficient of SAS-2 was 0,94. The results of factor analyses of our study showed that Turkish form of SAS-2 had three dimensions. In conclusion, it seems that SAS-2 may bea valid and reliable scale to assess of sport anxiety for Turkish population.