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Decision-specific reinvestment scale: An exploration of its construct validity, and association with stress and coping appraisals

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Objective
This research project aimed to explore the construct validity of the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale (DSRS); more specifically, its links with stress and coping appraisals.

Design
Study 1 validated the DSRS and the Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS) to the French language, in order to examine the construct validity of the DSRS using the MSRS, the Preference for Intuition and Deliberation (PID) inventory and the Melbourne Decision-Making Questionnaire (MDMQ). In addition, sex differences in reinvestment were investigated. Study 2 examined stress and coping appraisals of high and low reinvesters.

Method
In study 1, 379 athletes completed the DSRS, MSRS, PID, and MDMQ. In study 2, 100 handball players, classified as low and high reinvesters, completed surveys aimed to assess stressor intensity, stressor perceived controllability, coping effectiveness, subjective performance and coping strategies with the Coping Inventory for Competitive Sport over three games.

Results
In study 1, we found that intuitive athletes scored lower on the DSRS in comparison to deliberative athletes, whilst no difference was found for the MSRS. Convergent and discriminant validity was illustrated with the subscales of the MDMQ. No sex differences were found regarding reinvestment. In study 2, findings showed that low reinvesters scored higher than high reinvesters in terms of stressor perceived controllability, coping effectiveness and subjective performance.

Discussion
In addition to confirmation of construct validity, these findings strengthen our understanding of how high decision reinvesters perceive a pressured situation. Key applications are derived from our findings informing coaches and athletes in offsetting the negative effects of reinvestment on sport performance.

Highlights
• French validation of the Decision and Movement Specific Reinvestment scales.
• Intuitive athletes have a lower tendency to decision reinvestment.
• Low decision reinvesters rate their subjective performance to be higher.
• Low decision reinvesters rate their stressor controllability to be higher.
• Low decision reinvesters rate their coping effectiveness to be higher.
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hal-02890810 , version 1 (06-07-2020)

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Sylvain Laborde, Fabrice Dosseville, Noel Kinrade. Decision-specific reinvestment scale: An exploration of its construct validity, and association with stress and coping appraisals. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2014, 15 (3), pp.238-246. ⟨10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.01.004⟩. ⟨hal-02890810⟩
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