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- Title
Validation of a Conceptual Model Characterizing Attention Among International Rifle Shooters.
- Authors
Edward F. Etzel Jr.
- Abstract
Information is presented on the development and validation of a unique multidimensional, sport-specific model of attention among 71 world-class and/or potential world-class international rifle shooters. It was postulated that attention possesses five relatively independent subcomponent factors: capacity, duration, flexibility, intensivity, and selectivity. A 25-item, five-subscale questionnaire, the Riflery Attention Questionnaire (RAQ), was systematically developed utilizing Goldberg's intuitive-rational strategy as well as Jackson's general test-item development approach. Factor analysis and item analyses performed on each subscale generally supported the factor integrity of the model. A step-wise multiple regression analysis was also conducted to determine the extent to which subjects' RAQ responses predicted their shooting performance. A low positive relationship between the two was noted.
- Subjects
SHOOTERS of firearms; RIFLE practice; STRATEGIC planning; SHOOTING contests; FACTOR analysis; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology, 1979, Vol 1, Issue 4, p281
- ISSN
0163-433X
- Publication type
Article