THE SPORTS INVENTORY FOR PAIN - A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS

This investigation was designed to access the factorial validity of th e Sports Inventory for Pain (SIP) which was completed by 182 undergrad uate students. Responses were subjected to a confirmatory factor analy sis designed to test the hypothesized underlying factor structure. Of five proposed subscales, only the items for the Cognitive and Coping s ubscales reasonably fit the hypothesized structure. To improve the fit of the model, factors were allowed to correlate, and the worst fittin g item from each of the subscales was removed. The modified model also failed to adequately fit the data. Lastly, the items corresponding to the worst fitting subscale were dropped from the analysis. Again, the modified model failed to fit the data. Discussion suggests a possible respecification of the SIP.