Developing a Japanese Version of the Baron Depression Screener for Athletes among Male Professional Rugby Players

Yasutaka Ojio, Asami Matsunaga, Kensuke Hatakeyama, Shin Kawamura, Masanori Horiguchi, David Baron and Chiyo Fujii
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Yasutaka Ojio: Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
Asami Matsunaga: Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
Kensuke Hatakeyama: Japan Rugby Players Association, Tokyo 108-0074, Japan
Shin Kawamura: Japan Rugby Players Association, Tokyo 108-0074, Japan
Masanori Horiguchi: Japan Rugby Players Association, Tokyo 108-0074, Japan
David Baron: Senior Vice President and Provost, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
Chiyo Fujii: Department of Community Mental Health & Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: The Baron Depression Screener for Athletes (BDSA) is a brief, valid, and reliable athlete- specific assessment tool developed in the US to assess depressive symptoms in elite athletes. We examined the applicability and reliability of a Japanese version of the BDSA (BDSA-J) in a Japanese context, and further examined the construct validity of the BDSA-J. Web-based anonymous self-report data of 235 currently competing Japanese professional male rugby players (25–29 years = 123 [52.3%]) was analyzed. A two-stage process was conducted to validate the factor structure of the BDSA-J using exploratory factor analysis in a randomly partitioned calibration sample, and confirmatory factor analysis in a separate validation sample. Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess internal consistency. Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficients were calculated to examine convergent validity with the Kessler-6. We identified a one-factor structure for BDSA-J. Confirmatory factor analysis supported this one-factor model, revealing good model fit indices. The standardized path coefficients for each of the items were ? = 0.52 to 0.79 ( p < 0.001). A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71 was obtained for the BDSA-J. BDSA-J showed significant positive correlations with the Kessler-6. The BDSA-J is an appropriate and psychometrically robust measure for identifying depressive symptoms in Japanese male rugby players.

Keywords: athlete; mental health; depression; anxiety; screening (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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