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SAUDI MALE ATHLETES’ EXPERIENCE USING MENTAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SEEKING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE IN SPORT
(Saudi Digital Library) ALHASSAN IDRIS ALI ABDULSHAKUR; Dr. Scott Martin
The primary aim of this research was to assess Saudi Arabian male athletes’ attitudes toward seeking sport psychology services and determine their previous experience using mental skills. As a part of the study, an Arabic version of the Sport Psychology Attitudes – Revised form (SPA-R) was developed. Transcultural translation procedures (e.g., back translation) were used to translate the SPA-R into Arabic version. Saudi male athletes (N = 222) ranging from 17 to 25 years of age with various individual and team sport experiences completed the Arabic version of SPA-R survey twice over two-weeks. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the original theoretical structure of the phenomena existed in the version created for Arabian athletes. Follow-up analyses revealed that Saudi male athletes had high sport psychology consultant confidence and personal openness, moderately high cultural preferences, and low in stigma tolerance. Although the Arabic version of SPA-R may be useful for assessing Saudi male athletes, further research is needed with different Arab populations to verify the factor structure of the observed constructs.
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