Establishing validity evidence for the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 in intercollegiate sport

Validation of the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 for the Mexican Sport Context

“…Finally, adequate internal consistency was shown for five of the six subscales, so that the precision with which the items measure the PCP is questionable. Which is opposed to the results of the original English version [10,11], but may be close to those of the Portuguese version [15], since in this one the PCP factor was omitted. Although this is a domain-specific construct, and is considered one of the most influential in the sporting context [10,34], more studies at instrument are necessary to accurately measure this construct.…”

“…However, three of them have demonstrated empirical and theoretical validity in previous exploratory factor analytic studies [11]. More research is clearly required to determine if these questionable loading are a function of the idiosyncratic characteristics of this sample or whether there are inherent weaknesses with these items.…”

“…However, the validity is confirmed after the elimination of six items; three of them are the same as those suggested by the results of Gotwals and cols. [11] in the original English version. In addition, this adaptation in Spanish spoken in Mexico suggests eliminate three more items because the model fit, evaluated by the differences of incremental index, is significantly improved.…”

“…However, its internal structure has repeatedly been reported as inconsistent. Gotwals, Dunn, Dunn and Gamache [11] after a second study from the confirmatory factorial analysis to the instrument, showed that three items did not correspond to the theorized factor. On the other hand, the Portuguese language adaptation [15] showed adequate internal consistency and factorial validity for a four-factor model (doubts about actions, personal standards-organization, perceived parental pressure, and concern over mistakes) with 24 items.…”

“…Validation of the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 for the Mexican Sport Context Although the Frost-MPS served as the theoretical template for the creation of the Sport-MPS-2, nonetheless, it should be noted that the perceived coach pressure subscale of the Sport-MPS-2 is a domain-specific construct that is not measured by the Frost-MPS; and the organization and doubts about actions subscales of the Sport-MPS-2 are conceptualized quite differently than the similarly labeled subscales of the Frost-MPS [11].…”