Dual career competency questionnaire for athletes: psychometric properties of the Brazilian version

Guilherme Alves Grubertt; Sara Márquez; Helio Serassuelo Junior

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196432

Dual career competency questionnaire for athletes: psychometric properties of the Brazilian version

Front Psychol. 2023 May 16:14:1196432. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196432. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Guilherme Alves Grubertt¹, Sara Márquez², Helio Serassuelo Junior³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education and Sport, Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil.
² Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, León, Spain.
³ Department of Sport Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil.

Abstract

Introduction: No studies have yet attempted to quantitatively measure the competencies of Brazilian student-athletes. Consequently, there are no validated measures suitable for this purpose. The aim of this research was to examine the psychometric properties and assess content validity, factorial validity and evidence based on response processes of the Brazilian version of the Dual Career Competency Questionnaire for Athletes (DCCQ-A).

Methods: The Brazilian DCCQ-A was administered to 745 student-athletes (M_age = 17.3 ± 5.4; 54% female; 8% student-athletes with disabilities).

Results: Content validity coefficient analysis indicated clarity of language, theoretical pertinence, and practical relevance of the Brazilian DCCQ-A items. Confirmatory factorial analysis revealed excellent goodness-of-fit indices of the 4-factor structure model. Polytomous Rasch analysis demonstrated an acceptable adjustment of the items and good organization in the item response categories.

Discussion: Considering the psychometric strength of the Brazilian DCCQ-A, this instrument can contribute to the practical and research applicability of sport psychology, providing support to those involved with student-athletes' dual career by identifying their competencies and possible limitations.

Keywords: Rasch analysis; competencies; dual career; factor analysis; psychometrics; student-athletes; validity.