Validation of a Tunisian Version of the French Scale State Anxiety in Competition (EEAC): Sport and Exercise Context

Driss Boudhiba^1*, Najoua Moalla², Yassine Arfa², Noureddine Kridis³

¹High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
²High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Sa?d, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia.
³Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2015.32014                

Abstract

This study aims to adapt the CSAI-2 in the French version (EEAC), among 156 Tunisian athlete boys and girls one hour before competition. Therefore, our purpose is to refine the factorial analysis and get a shorter but stronger structure of the EECA version. Our study proposes a new Tunisian version of 13 items with (α = 0.85) instead of the first twenty three French version.

Keywords

CSAI-2, EEAC, Cognitive Anxiety, Somatic Anxiety, Self Confidence, Sport Psychology

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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