01340nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002100118653003300139653001100172653002900183653001800212100002100230700001400251700001400265700001300279700001600292245010200308300001200410490000700422520062900429022001401058020001401072       2005                            d  c07/2005bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aSource of stress10aReferees and sport officials10aSoccer10aPsychological assessment10aQuestionnaire1 aI. Alonso-Arbiol1 aF. Falcó1 aM. López1 aB. Ordaz1 aA. Ramírez00aDevelopment of a questionnaire for the assessment of sources of stress in Spanish soccer referees  a175-1880 v113 aThe aim of the present study was to elaborate a self-report questionnaire to identify Spanish soccer referees  sources of stress and to provide a tool for the detection of referees with high levels of stress. The Soccer Referee Stress Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 138 referees, and a principal component analysis with varimax rotation revealed a 5-factor solution that accounted for 65.7% of the variance. The final version of the test had a Cronbach s alpha of 0.88. The most important sources of stress were related to the referee s perceived competence and, to the referee-supervisor s rating of matches.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437