Trans-Cultural Validation of the “Physical Education and Sport Anxiety State Scale” (PESAS) in Arabic Language: Insights for Sport and Physical Education
Objective: Adaptation in Arabic language and empirical
examination of the instrument for measuring
the state anxiety in physical education and sportPSEAS among Tunisian students. Methods: A
set of 623 athletic and non-athletic
students (m age = 14.71, AND age = 2) from primary and secondaryschool completed an adapted version of the PSEAS
Anxiety Scale in Arabic language. The subjects were recruited in two
phases: exploratory (n = 161; m age = 14.59, ET age = 2) and confirmatory (n =
462; m age = 14.79, ET age = 1.99). Results: The PSESAS measurement scale was stable on exploratory factor analysis
and no items were removed from the three dimensions of the scale. Likewise,
reliability tests have shown that the internal consistency is adequate. The confirmatory factor analysis carried out showed
the robustness of the measurement of the 18 items of the scale. Also,
the three dimensions showed a moderate
correlation, which confirms the first-order structure of the instrument. The
sensitivity of the instrument for the variable gender, sport practice and
gender interaction effect*sport practice was highlighted. Femalesand non-athletes showed higher levels of anxiety. Conclusion: The Arabic version of PSEAS is valid and reliable in terms of
psychometrics and can be administered to assess state anxiety rates for primary
and secondary students in
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