Psychosocial issues in Pakistani domestic cricketers: a validation study

The current paper highlights the development of a scale measuring psychosocial issues for domestic cricket players in Pakistan. This study was carried out in series of phases including item generation and establishing psychometric properties. A list of 55 psychosocial issues were generated through in-depth interviews of 20 national and international male cricketers. The responses of participants were transformed into a 4-point rating Cricketer’s Psychosocial Issues Scale (CPIS). The scale was given to 373 male cricketers with the age range of 16-28 (M=19.28; SD=3.14). The results highlights the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to identify the underlying psychosocial issues that tend to hamper the performance of cricketers. The psychometric properties, as well as the reliability and validity of Cricketers’ Psychosocial Issues Scale (CPIS) were also established that were discussed in its cultural context and relevance. The implications of the study are discussed in terms of psychological counseling for performance enhancing of cricketers.