Resumen

MENDOZA, Felix Jesús Oliva  y  BELLO, Nazira Calleja. Measuurement of anger in combat sport: validation of Staxi-2 in Mexican sportsmen. Liberabit [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.1, pp. 51-60. ISSN 1729-4827.

The anger is an emotion that plays a fundamental role in combat sports execution. The purpose of the present study was to develop a version for combat sportsmen of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, STAXI-2, Spanish version. The sample was conformed by 303 sportsmen that were part of the selections national Mexicans of five combat sports. The results showed a similar factorial structure to the Spanish version which reports three scales: Anger-State, Anger-Trait and Anger-Expression; however, of the 49 initial items only 28 were conserved that grouped in seven factors and not in the nine subscales that consisted the original instrument. The indexes of internal consistency were acceptable and significant correlations were obtained among the factors, except with the Anger-Control. The obtained inventory is a reliable and valid for its use in anger mensuration in combat sports.

Palabras clave : Aggressiveness; Anger; Sports; STAXI; Validity.