The ARSQ: the athletes' received support questionnaire.

Publisher: North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8809258 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1543-2904 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08952779 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Sport Exerc Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Champaign Il : North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
Original Publication: [Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, c1988-

Social Support*; Athletes/*psychology ; Sports/*psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards; Adolescent ; England ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Models, Statistical ; Reproducibility of Results ; Self Concept ; Young Adult

To address calls for context-specific measurement of social support, this article reports the development of the Athletes' Received Support Questionnaire (ARSQ) and demonstrates initial evidence for its validity. Across four studies there was support for a four-dimensional structure reflecting emotional, esteem, informational, and tangible received support. There was also support for unidimensional and higher-order models. Further, Study 3 provided some support for convergent validity, with significant correlations between the corresponding dimensions of the ARSQ and the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors. Study 4 provided evidence for the nomological validity of the ARSQ. Emotional and esteem support significantly predicted self-confidence and positive affect, and tangible support significantly moderated the relationship between stress and negative affect. Collectively, these results provide initial evidence for the validity of the ARSQ, and offer researchers flexibility to adopt either a multidimensional or aggregated approach to measuring received support.

Date Created: 20140402 Date Completed: 20141128 Latest Revision: 20151119

20240829

10.1123/jsep.2013-0080

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