All volleyball officials registered with a state high school activities association in a midwestern state were surveyed at the end of the volleyball season to assess their self-reported, psychological stress. Of 470 officials contacted, 353 (75%) responded by filling out a simple 5-point rating scale. The mean rating of stress was 2.3 (SD=.6) (between “very little” and “a moderate amount”) which is similar to past findings for certified, amateur baseball and Softball umpires.
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