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

Abstract

The aim of this study was to validate the factorial structure of a Spanish version of the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 (Sport-MPS-2) for the Mexican population, and provide evidence of reliability. This scale is composed of 42 items that measure six factors of perfectionism: concern over mistakes, organization, perception parental pressure, perception coach pressure, doubts about actions, and personal standards. Such factors were suggested by the multidimensional perfectionism approach. The study involved 420 athletes of both genders with an average age of 21.63 years old (SD = 3.83) who answered the Mexican Spanish Version of the Sport-MPS-2. After eliminating six items, the results supported the six-factor model; and in five factors, the internal consistency exceeded or was under the limit of the usage criteria. In conclusion, the Mexican Spanish version of the Sport-MPS-2 offers factorial structure and constructs validity, excluding six items. Thus, it can be used for assessing five dimensions of perfectionism in athletes, even though further research shall be conducted to improve this instrument.

Psychometric Properties of the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 in Czech Adolescent Athletes: An Exploratory Approach

“…Internal consistency of the subscales in the instrument was generally satisfactory (higher than 0.75), which is in concordance with other relevant studies (Gotwals & Dunn, 2009; Gotwals et al, 2010; Pineda-Espejel et al, 2017, 2018). Temporal stability of the Czech version can be generally considered as adequate based on McDowell’s (2009) criteria.…”

“…However, we still recommend using the full set of items in the Czech version in future studies in order to obtain more information about the stability of these results. In the context of other Sport-MPS-2 adaptations, we can conclude that the Czech version successfully follows the originally proposed six-factor structure as well as the Mexican adaptation (Pineda-Espejel et al, 2017). In contrast, the adaptation for the Brazilian sport context (Nascimento et al, 2015) utilizes only a small number of the original items distributed into four factors.…”

“…Nascimento et al (2015) also reported an acceptable level of short-term (7 days) temporal stability. Somewhat better characteristics of Sport-MPS-2 in a Mexican sport context were reported by Pineda-Espejel et al (2017). Their sample consisted of 420 adolescent and adult athletes (55% females; average age 21.63 ± 3.83 years) from different sports, competing at university, state, and national levels.…”

“…In terms of sample composition, the studies differed most in terms of the sports disciplines that were included. While the studies by the original authors of the method (Gotwals & Dunn, 2009; Gotwals et al, 2010) focused on team athletes, in subsequent studies (Nascimento et al, 2015; Pineda-Espejel et al, 2017, 2018) the authors analyzed data from athletes competing in different—team and individual—sport disciplines. However, this factor does not seem to be able to fully explain the internal structure differences found, as the studies by Pineda-Espejel et al (2017, 2018) essentially confirmed the original proposed factor structure and, conversely, Nascimento et al (2015) could not confirm this structure on a similar sample.…”