ACSI (Athlete’s Coping Strategy Inventory)
According to Pearlin and Schooler (1978), “Coping refers to behaviour that protects people from being psychologically harmed by problematic social experience, a behaviour that importantly mediates the impact that societies have to their members”. From this definition, it implies that there is a huge advantage for an athlete to have such attribute rising as a successful athlete. Studies on the effectiveness of coping skills showed that professional athletes have greater strategies in handling stress situations, demonstrated superb showmanship for enhancing their sporting performance