The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 has been used in several previous studies to measure individual differences in psychological skills within a sport context. The confirmatory factor analysis has demonstrated the factorial validity of the instrument. Huang (1999) tried to apply the framework of the ACSI-28 in Taiwan, but there were some problems for data to conform to the hypothesized seven-factor structure. After considering the feedback from Huang's study, the Chinese version ACSI-28 was modified by revising the ranging of Likert scale and the wording of four items to make them more clear. The purpose of this study was to confirm the factorial structure of the new version of ACSI-28 through confirmatory factor analysis. Data of two hundreds and thirty-nine college athletes were used in this structural equation model with LISREL 8.33. The results of theoretical and methodological analysis were shown as follows: 1.The Cronbach's α coefficient (an index of internal consistency) was moderately acceptable with value from .53 to .79. 2.The final model has been approached by Maximum Likelihood method (χ^2(323)=490.85; p<.01; χ^2/df=1.52; GFI=.88; AGFI=.85; RMSEA=.04) with six error terms correlated within and across two different factors. In addition, the factor of item #3 was modified from ”Coachability” to ”Freedom From Worry”. Lambda coefficients ranged from .31 to .75, and squared multiple correlations ranged from .09 to .56. 3.The correlations between the ACSI-28 subscales ranged from .08 to .92, indicating low to high correlations as well as some multicollinearity problems. In conclusion, although continued refinement of the instrument should be considered with additional samples, nevertheless, the results provided initial support for the seven-factor structure of psychological skills as measured by the revised ACSI-28.
The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 has been used in several previous studies to measure individual differences in psychological skills within a sport context. The confirmatory factor analysis has demonstrated the factorial validity of the instrument. Huang (1999) tried to apply the framework of the ACSI-28 in Taiwan, but there were some problems for data to conform to the hypothesized seven-factor structure. After considering the feedback from Huang's study, the Chinese version ACSI-28 was modified by revising the ranging of Likert scale and the wording of four items to make them more clear. The purpose of this study was to confirm the factorial structure of the new version of ACSI-28 through confirmatory factor analysis. Data of two hundreds and thirty-nine college athletes were used in this structural equation model with LISREL 8.33. The results of theoretical and methodological analysis were shown as follows: 1.The Cronbach's α coefficient (an index of internal consistency) was moderately acceptable with value from .53 to .79. 2.The final model has been approached by Maximum Likelihood method (χ^2(323)=490.85; p<.01; χ^2/df=1.52; GFI=.88; AGFI=.85; RMSEA=.04) with six error terms correlated within and across two different factors. In addition, the factor of item #3 was modified from ”Coachability” to ”Freedom From Worry”. Lambda coefficients ranged from .31 to .75, and squared multiple correlations ranged from .09 to .56. 3.The correlations between the ACSI-28 subscales ranged from .08 to .92, indicating low to high correlations as well as some multicollinearity problems. In conclusion, although continued refinement of the instrument should be considered with additional samples, nevertheless, the results provided initial support for the seven-factor structure of psychological skills as measured by the revised ACSI-28.