AMOUNT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS REPORTED BY HIGH-SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS

All volleyball officials registered with a state high school activitie s association in a midwestern state were surveyed at the end of the vo lleyball season to assess their self-reported, psychological stress. O f 470 officials contacted, 353 (75%) responded by filling out a simple 5-point rating scale. The mean raring of stress was 2.3 (SD=.6) (betw een ''very little'' and ''a moderate amount'') which is similar to pas t findings for certified, amateur baseball and softball umpires.