TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sallen, Jeffrey
A1  - Hirschmann, Florian
A1  - Herrmann, Christian
T1  - Evaluation and Adaption of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS) for Assessment in Competitive Sports
JF  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - The demands of a career in competitive sports can lead to chronic stress perception among athletes if there is a non-conformity of requirements and available coping resources. The Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS) (Schulz et al., 2004) is said to be thoroughly validated. Nevertheless, it has not yet been subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis. The present study aims (1) to evaluate the factorial validity of the TICS within the context of competitive sports and (2) to adapt a short version (TICS-36). The total sample consisted of 564 athletes (age in years: M = 19.1, SD = 3.70). The factor structure of the original TICS did not adequately fit the present data, whereas the short version presented a satisfactory fit. The results indicate that the TICS-36 is an economical instrument for gathering interpretable information about chronic stress. For assessment in competitive sports with TICS-36, we generated overall and gender-specific norm values.
KW  - chronic stressors
KW  - mental health
KW  - athletes
KW  - stress measurement
KW  - Olympic sports
KW  - factor analysis
KW  - measurement invariance
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00308
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 9
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -