Osborne, Cassandra (2012) Psychometric Re-evaluation and Re-contextualisation of the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) and the CSAI-2 (Revised). Doctorate (other than PhD) thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The rationale behind the current research is multifaceted and aims to link research in the domains of sport psychology, educational psychology and clinical psychology. Of particular interest in the current study was the construct of anxiety prior to a competitive or evaluative situation. Multidimensional anxiety theory and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory – 2 (CSAI-2) have been central in research of competitive anxiety in the sporting arena. The aim of the present study was to continue to test the psychometric properties of the CSAI-2 and revised version of the measure (CSAI-2R) and address previous limitations of the measures by re-wording certain items to replace concerned with worried. Furthermore it was of interest to investigate the scales applicability to other domains by re-contextualising it for use with students prior to an exam situation. The re-contextualised CSAI-2 was administered to 242 university students in the two weeks prior to their end of semester examinations. As hypothesised, confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the re-worded and re-contextualised CSAI-2R (χ2/df = 2.085, NFI = .912, CFI = .952, GFI= .899, RMSEA = .067) demonstrated superior model fit to the CSAI-2, which, consistent with previous research, showed inadequate model fit (χ2/df = 2.981, NFI = .804, CFI = .859, GFI= .763, RMSEA = .091). Results supported the hypothesis that the re-worded CSAI-2R would demonstrate improved model fit compared to unmodified versions of the questionnaire. After establishing sound psychometric properties of the modified CSAI-2R, group differences were explored and preliminary norms developed. Continued investigation and validation of the modified CSAI-2R and multidimensional anxiety theory is recommended. Greater understanding of pre-exam anxiety will contribute to the development of more tailored intervention strategies.
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Peter Terry |
| Qualification: | Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2025 02:42 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2025 02:42 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sports anxiety ; competition anxiety ; academia anxiety ; university students ; research questionnaire |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52636 |
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