골프 참여자들의 스트레스척도 개발

The purpose of this study is to evelop a quantitative scale of stress that golfers experience. To develop a scale, researchers consult the previous studies and drew out survey questions on stress. Also we conducted a questionnaire surveyof 80 golfers who have played golf more than three years. The questions were openended ones. After this work, we made 63 preliminary questions; and after the pilot study of 80golfers who play golf at a field more than 2~3 times per month and have played golf more than five years, we finally selected 26 questions. The subject of this research is 272 male and female golfers who live in Kwang-Ju, and Cheonnam, practice golf at a driving range more than three times per week, and play golf at a field more than twice per month. Also they should have more than one year of golf playing experience. In this research, the stress factors were four and the final survey questions were 17: 5 questions on companions` impolite behaviors, 5 on personal performance, 4 on financial burden, and 3 on competition stress. The internal reliability of each factor was.808 ~.844, and the whole internal reliability was.875. As a result of the factor analysis on each factor, the overall index of suitability turned out to be fine. Therefore, the validity of the scale was clarified.