Confirmatory factor analysis of the revised competitive state anxiety inventory-2 among Estonian athletes

The purpose of this study was to examine the factorial validity of the Estonian version of the Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2R) using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of 503 athletes (314 men and 189 women) competing in eight different sports completed the Estonian version of the CSAI-2R. Single-sample confirmatory factor analysis supported the factorial validity of the CSAI-2R. The results of this CFA revealed a good fit of the data to the model (CFI = .97 and .96, RMSEA = .042 and .046 for the calibration and validation samples, respectively). Multisample results demonstrated invariance for factor loadings and correlations between calibration and validation samples. Internal consistency coefficients were over the .70 criterion for acceptability. It is suggested that the CSAI-2R can be used to assess the competitive state anxiety of athletes. Key words: Competitive State Anxiety, factorial validity