Development and validation of the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale

Items from the Reinvestment Scale were modified to create a decision-specific version of the scale. Principal components analysis of responses from 165 participants revealed one-, two-, three-, and four-factor solutions for the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis of re...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2010-08, Vol.28 (10), p.1127-1135
Main Authors: Kinrade, Noel P., Jackson, Robin C., Ashford, Kelly J., Bishop, Daniel T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Athletes
Athletes - psychology
Athletic Performance - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Choking
Decision Making
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Principal components analysis
self-consciousness
self-focus
Sports
Strangulation
Vertebrates: body movement. Posture. Locomotion. Flight. Swimming. Physical exercise. Rest. Sports
Young Adult
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Summary:Items from the Reinvestment Scale were modified to create a decision-specific version of the scale. Principal components analysis of responses from 165 participants revealed one-, two-, three-, and four-factor solutions for the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis of responses from a second sample of 111 participants revealed that a 13-item two-factor solution showed the best fit. The first factor comprised six items referring to conscious monitoring of the process involved in making a decision, and was termed decision reinvestment. The second factor, decision rumination, comprised seven items related to focus on negative evaluations of previous poor decisions. In an initial assessment of predictive validity, Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale scores of 59 skilled team sport players were found to be highly correlated with coaches' ratings of players' tendency to choke under pressure (r = 0.74), with high Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale scores indicating greater susceptibility to poor decision-making under pressure. It was concluded that the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale highlights a performer's predisposition to engage in behaviours detrimental to performance under pressure, namely decision reinvestment and decision rumination.
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2010.499439