Spanish Adaptation of the Coach-Athlete Attachment Scale (Sp-CAAS)

María Valls-Barberá; Alejandro Magallares; Patricia Recio; Louise Davis

doi:10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.2281

Adaptación al castellano de la Escala de Apego Entrenador-Atleta (Sp-CAAS)

Autores/as

María Valls-Barberá Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1257-5390
Alejandro Magallares Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0633-9809
Patricia Recio Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-4404
Louise Davis Umeå University

Resumen

La Escala de Apego Entrenador-Atleta (CAAS) es un instrumento de autoinforme específico del ámbito deportivo diseñado para evaluar los estilos de apego de los deportistas hacia su entrenador. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo validar la versión española (Sp-CAAS) utilizando una muestra de 301 futbolistas de la Fundació Albinegra (Castellón). El análisis factorial confirmatorio respaldó una estructura trifactorial con un buen ajuste del modelo. La invarianza de medida longitudinal indicó que la estructura factorial se mantuvo estable a lo largo del tiempo. Los coeficientes de correlación intraclase mostraron una alta fiabilidad test-retest. Además, las tres subescalas —evitativo, ansioso y seguro— presentaron una alta consistencia interna.

En conjunto, los resultados sugieren que la Sp-CAAS posee sólidas propiedades psicométricas y es adecuada para su uso en la comunidad científica de habla hispana. No obstante, se requieren más estudios para confirmar su validez de contenido y examinar su aplicabilidad en diversas poblaciones hispanohablantes.

Palabras clave

Apego, Cuestionarios, Fútbol, Entrenador-atleta, Psicometría

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Biografía del autor/a

María Valls-Barberá, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

She holds a BSc in Psychology from Universitat Jaume I in Castellón and a PhD in Psychology from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), specializing in the study of attachment styles and their influence on athletic performance.

Alejandro Magallares , Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

He holds a BSc in Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and a PhD in Psychology from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at UNED.

Patricia Recio, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Holds a PhD in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has previously worked at San Pablo CEU University and the Complutense University of Madrid. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences Methodology at UNED.

Louise Davis, Umeå University

Davis is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the sport and physical activity research group. She earned her BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science from Bangor University, Wales, UK, and received her PhD in the Social Psychology of Sport from Loughborough University in 2012.