Handbook of Common Psychological Scales for Sports Science

Author: Zhang Liwei
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The book primarily emphasizes the scientific rigor of psychological scales. Unlike many popular books that provide psychological scales or testing methods, this book is specifically written for serious scientific research and technological services. Therefore, when introducing each scale, it includes four key pieces of information: the scale's origin, research background, reliability and validity, and reference literature (or recommended literature). Through these details, readers can understand the reasons for the scale's development and its research background, and make independent scientific value judgments about the scale based on its authority, reliability, and effectiveness. The book is also a highly practical reference tool. It is divided into two main parts. The first part introduces 54 psychological scales commonly used in sports science, categorized into nine types. The second part discusses important foundational knowledge of psychological testing, including the calculation and evaluation of reliability and validity, the procedures for developing scales, issues related to adapting foreign scales, and some new approaches in survey research methods.