Since human though, emotion, and behavior have not been easily quantifiable, measurement in sport psychology has remained a dominant issue throughout the evolution of the field. Many researchers have provided measurement issues in terms of constructio...
Since human though, emotion, and behavior have not been easily quantifiable, measurement in sport psychology has remained a dominant issue throughout the evolution of the field. Many researchers have provided measurement issues in terms of construction and evaluation of psychological inventory. That is, measures in sport psychology are not soundly based on theory, and not systematically evaluated. This study focused discussion on psychometric assessment for validity and stability of measurement. As the first step in measurement construction, this study argued for the construction of theoretical multidimensional models. Next, this study carefully reviewed the statistical aspects of construction and validation of psychological measurement. Construct validity has been typically tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The usefulness of CFA for purposes of construct validation has been widely endorsed. The MTMM analysis assesses convergent, discriminant validity, and method effects. The Rasch model allows researchers to find the probability of getting an item correct given a certain ability level for an individual. The SEM permits for direct tests of construct stability over time, the stability of latent variables, temporal stability of the error variance.