North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference
June 2010, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
The Developmental History of Athletes Questionnaire (DHAQ): Considerations when collecting athlete training histories
Melissa Hopwood 1, Clare MacMahon 1, Joseph Baker 2 & Damian Farrow 1,3
1. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
2. York University, Toronto, Canada
3. Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia
Investigations of training histories of elite athletes provide valuable information
about the practice requirements and psychosocial conditions associated with expert
sport performance. Past research in this area has involved either interviews with
small samples of elite athletes, parents, and/or coaches, or the administration of
basic questionnaires requiring retrospective recall of time spent in practice during
each year of sport involvement. The Developmental History of Athletes Questionnaire
(DHAQ) extends the current literature by allowing for the collection of detailed
developmental histories from a larger sample of participants than has been investigated
in the past. Validation procedures for the DHAQ have revealed some notable observations
pertaining to athlete training histories. Fifteen Australian national level athletes
completed the DHAQ on two occasions, and participated in a semi-
To cite this presentation:
Hopwood, M., MacMahon, C., Baker, J., & Farrow, D (2010). The Developmental History of Athletes Questionnaire (DHAQ): Considerations when collecting athlete training histories. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, S176.
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