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Title: | Development and initial validation of athletes’ perceptions of coach-related critical attitudes scale | Authors: | Oliveira, Sara Trindade, Inês A. Rosado, António Cunha, Marina Ferreira, Cláudia |
Keywords: | Athletes; Criticism; Coach-athlete relationship; Factor analysis; Psychometric properties; Scale development | Issue Date: | 3-Jan-2021 | Publisher: | Springer | Project: | SFRH/BD/143410/2019 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Current Psychology | Abstract: | The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Athletes’ Perceptions of the Coach-related Critical Attitudes Scale (APoCCAS), using three independent samples of Portuguese adult athletes. In the first stage, the items were developed to assess athletes’ perceptions of coach-related critical attitudes and the items’ factorial structure were explored via a principal components analysis. In a second stage, the findings of Principal Components Analysis were confirmed and cross-validated using confirmatory factor analysis with two independent samples of athletes. The development of a pool of items resulted in a 10-item with a unifactorial structure. This scale presented high internal consistency, adequate convergent validity, and presented a negative association with self-reassurance and positive associations with self-criticism, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. The APoCCAS demonstrated to be a short and reliable measure of the athletes’ perceptions regarding coach-related critical attitudes and seems to be useful for practice and research fields in clinical sport psychology. By highlighting the associations between the athletes’ perception of coach-related critical attitudes and mental health indicators, this study could create a space to alert coaches towards the effect of their attitudes on athletes’ mental health. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/115355 | ISSN: | 1046-1310 1936-4733 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12144-020-01325-8 | Rights: | embargoedAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FPCEUC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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