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(1) Background: The aim of this study is to obtain an instrument, with robust psychometric properties validated with a Spanish sample, that allows for the evaluation of the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children, as well as the perceived ability of parents to manage their children’s problems. (2) Methods: Data from 2618 Spanish parents of 2–12-year-old children were used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale. In order to develop the intensity scale, exploratory and confirmatory analyses were carried out, and the reliability, validity, and invariance of the measurement model were estimated. (3) Results: A structure of 25 items grouped into two factors are shown, which allows for the evaluation of emotional and behavioural problems and children’s competencies. The model adjustment indicators were satisfactory. Favourable evidence was obtained for the reliability of the measurement model from two perspectives, internal consistency and composite reliability. The discriminant validity was satisfactory, as was the homogeneity of the measurement model based on child gender. Regarding the self-efficacy scale, confirmatory analysis procedures were also carried out, verifying a good factorial structure. (4) Conclusions: Results support a scale with robust psychometric properties that measure child adjustment and parent self-efficacy. The instrument can help to improve family effectiveness and be useful for schools and teachers to promote the well-being of children. The instrument could also be good to evaluate in special contexts, like custody evaluations in a legal or forensic context.
Dolores Seijo; David Tomé; Jessica Sanmarco; Alina Morawska; Francisca Fariña. Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4647 .
AMA StyleDolores Seijo, David Tomé, Jessica Sanmarco, Alina Morawska, Francisca Fariña. Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4647.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDolores Seijo; David Tomé; Jessica Sanmarco; Alina Morawska; Francisca Fariña. 2021. "Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4647.
Despite the numerous benefits associated with sport practice, many children and adolescents end up quitting it year after year, with a stable dropout rate between 10 and 19 years of age. Among the causes of sport abandonment, the scientific literature highlights the presence of burnout as a fundamental factor. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to investigate the levels of the three components of sport burnout–emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment, and sport devaluation–reported by a sample of young (former) athletes, depending on whether their sport abandonment was relative (i.e., change to another sport modality) or definitive. In particular, participants were former agonist road cyclists, who have been divided into three groups on the basis of what they did after abandoning road bicycle racing, namely: (a) those still involved in cycling, either in a different specialty (e.g., mountain bike) or with a different role (e.g., coach for kids); (b) those who started practicing a different sport; and (c) those who definitively abandoned sports. The general hypothesis was that, with respect to those who changed sport and those who definitively abandoned it, those still involved in cycling would report experiencing lower levels of the three burnout components during the last year practicing it. To test this hypothesis, the Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ; Raedeke and Smith, 2001) was administered to 85 young former road cyclists. The results seem to support the hypothesis for two out of the three components, namely, emotional and physical exhaustion and sport devaluation; on the other hand, for reduced sense of accomplishment, no difference among the three groups emerged. Further research is needed to deepen the understanding of such processes, also in relation with other relevant constructs; yet, the results of the present study should already raise the awareness of sport organizations on the need to deal with this and related phenomena by adopting appropriate strategies to ensure the well-being of young athletes, thus trying to reduce early dropout.
Fabrizio Sors; David Tomé-Lourido; Stella Damonte; Ilaria Santoro; Alessandra Galmonte; Tiziano Agostini; Mauro Murgia. Former Road Cyclists Still Involved in Cycling Report Lower Burnout Levels Than Those Who Abandoned This Sport. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleFabrizio Sors, David Tomé-Lourido, Stella Damonte, Ilaria Santoro, Alessandra Galmonte, Tiziano Agostini, Mauro Murgia. Former Road Cyclists Still Involved in Cycling Report Lower Burnout Levels Than Those Who Abandoned This Sport. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Sors; David Tomé-Lourido; Stella Damonte; Ilaria Santoro; Alessandra Galmonte; Tiziano Agostini; Mauro Murgia. 2020. "Former Road Cyclists Still Involved in Cycling Report Lower Burnout Levels Than Those Who Abandoned This Sport." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.
The decision-making processes of referees in sports are affected by many factors, including the pressure of spectators. While the home/visitor bias has been previously investigated, the role of crowd noise has been less studied. In the present study, we investigated how the crowd noise (calm vs. pressing) influence the decisions of basketball referees, when examining videos of potential fouls. In doing so, we also considered the level of competitive anxiety of referees (low vs. high anxiety), as factor potentially interacting with the pressure exerted by the spectators. A 2 × 2 ANOVA (Crowd noise x Anxiety) revealed a significant interaction [F(1,28) = 7.33; p < 0.05; ηp2 = 0.21; power = 0.74], with the highly anxious referees showing poorer performances in the pressing crowd condition [t(14) = 2.24; p < 0.05; d = 0.64]. The results indicate that the crowd noise does not seem to affect the referees' decisions, unless we consider the anxiety. The present findings suggest that the decisions of referees with high anxiety might be more easily influenced by external factors like crowd noise. Based on these results, referees' federations should consider the possibility to develop training protocols dedicated to highly anxious referees, to avoid their decisions from being biased by spectators' pressure.
Fabrizio Sors; David Tomé-Lourido; Vittoria Parisi; Ilaria Santoro; Alessandra Galmonte; Tiziano Agostini; Mauro Murgia. Pressing Crowd Noise Impairs the Ability of Anxious Basketball Referees to Discriminate Fouls. Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 2380 .
AMA StyleFabrizio Sors, David Tomé-Lourido, Vittoria Parisi, Ilaria Santoro, Alessandra Galmonte, Tiziano Agostini, Mauro Murgia. Pressing Crowd Noise Impairs the Ability of Anxious Basketball Referees to Discriminate Fouls. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 10 ():2380.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabrizio Sors; David Tomé-Lourido; Vittoria Parisi; Ilaria Santoro; Alessandra Galmonte; Tiziano Agostini; Mauro Murgia. 2019. "Pressing Crowd Noise Impairs the Ability of Anxious Basketball Referees to Discriminate Fouls." Frontiers in Psychology 10, no. : 2380.
These results allow athletes and coaches to increase levels of sports performance by working on the use of psychological skills, adapted to the technical, tactical or physical requirements of the category in which their sport is included. In addition, working on different psychological skills will improve their satisfaction with sports performance.
David Tomé-Lourido; Constantino Arce; Ángel Vales-Vázquez; Dolores Ponte. Assessing the use of psychological skills by sports category and the relation with sports performance satisfaction. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2019, 59, 1077 -1084.
AMA StyleDavid Tomé-Lourido, Constantino Arce, Ángel Vales-Vázquez, Dolores Ponte. Assessing the use of psychological skills by sports category and the relation with sports performance satisfaction. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 2019; 59 (6):1077-1084.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Tomé-Lourido; Constantino Arce; Ángel Vales-Vázquez; Dolores Ponte. 2019. "Assessing the use of psychological skills by sports category and the relation with sports performance satisfaction." The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 59, no. 6: 1077-1084.
David Tomé-Lourido; Constantino Arce; Dolores Ponte. Adaptation of the Test of Performance Strategies Competition Subscale to Spanish. Psicothema 2018, 30, 123 -129.
AMA StyleDavid Tomé-Lourido, Constantino Arce, Dolores Ponte. Adaptation of the Test of Performance Strategies Competition Subscale to Spanish. Psicothema. 2018; 30 (1):123-129.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Tomé-Lourido; Constantino Arce; Dolores Ponte. 2018. "Adaptation of the Test of Performance Strategies Competition Subscale to Spanish." Psicothema 30, no. 1: 123-129.
David Tomé Lourido; Cristina Ceinos Sanz. Aproximación a la influencia de la satisfacción laboral y el conflicto de rol en el síndrome del burnout en docentes de secundaria: Un estudio de caso. Innovación educativa 2017, 151 .
AMA StyleDavid Tomé Lourido, Cristina Ceinos Sanz. Aproximación a la influencia de la satisfacción laboral y el conflicto de rol en el síndrome del burnout en docentes de secundaria: Un estudio de caso. Innovación educativa. 2017; (27):151.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Tomé Lourido; Cristina Ceinos Sanz. 2017. "Aproximación a la influencia de la satisfacción laboral y el conflicto de rol en el síndrome del burnout en docentes de secundaria: Un estudio de caso." Innovación educativa , no. 27: 151.