Spanish Validation of BRUMS in Sporting and Non-Sporting Populations

Abstract

The Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) is one of the most widely used tools for measuring mood states in sporting contexts. The BRUMS has also proven to be useful for evaluating the impact of exercise on emotions and moods. Specifically, positive mood appears to improve performance by helping athletes to maximally use their skills and promoting a more enjoyable practice. Although BRUMS has been translated to some languages, to our knowledge, a validated Spanish version does not yet exist. Materials and Method: The main purpose, therefore, of this study was to determine the factorial validity of the BRUMS for use with a Spanish sample. A total of 757 (aged between18-65 years) women and men completed the BRUMS. As secondary aims we evaluated overall mood\nstate differences between (a) sporting and non-sporting populations and (b) male and female participants. Results and Discussion: The results showed that a Spanish version of BRUMS is a valuable measure of mood states in adult Spanish-speakers. However, results suggest that a shorter version better fits the six factors. Interestingly we found significant differences between both nonsporting/sporting groups and between women/men. Results are discussed in relation to previous works on sport performance and gender differences.