@article{562, keywords = {Source of stress, Referees and sport officials, Soccer, Psychological assessment, Questionnaire}, author = {I. Alonso-Arbiol and F. Falcó and M. López and B. Ordaz and A. Ramírez}, title = {Development of a questionnaire for the assessment of sources of stress in Spanish soccer referees}, abstract = {The 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.}, year = {2005}, journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés}, volume = {11}, number = {2-3}, pages = {175-188}, month = {07/2005}, publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés}, issn = {1134-7937}, isbn = {2174-0437}, }