Affected during the pandemic in university athletes: a further review of the psychometric properties of the positive and negatives affects schedule

Introduction: The COVID-19 had a significant impact on university sports around the world. Describe the positive and negative affect of a sample of Chilean university athletes, reviewing the psychometric properties of the Affect Scale in the pandemic period and ad hoc socio-demographic variables. Objective: Review the psychometric features of the Chilean version of the PANAS during the COVID-19 close-out Methodology: The PANAS scale was used present mood of the participants using a 1 to 5-point scale. The two-factor confirmatory analysis of the original scale obtained a poor goodness-of-fit index. At the item level, the ALERT item of the Positive Affect factor showed a low loading and a higher weight on the Negative Affect factor. Results: An exploratory principal components analysis obtained a four-factor model, with new items corresponding to PA and four items to a factor called AFRAID, four items to another factor called UPSET, and another two-item factor called GUILTY. The fit of the model using the ratio between chi-square and degrees of freedom was acceptable. Discussion: The results of the research should be contrasted with those of other research found in the literature. Conclusions: The new four-factor model achieves higher goodness of fit than the original model. The higher reliability for Positive Affect to the detriment of the reliability of Negative Affect. Although the goodness of fit index obtained was not optimal, the new factor organization allows a more differentiated analysis of PANAS according to gender in the sample studied.