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dc.contributor.authorBhavsar, Nikita
dc.contributor.authorNtoumanis, Nikos
dc.contributor.authorQuested, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorGucciardi, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorThogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorRyan, R.M.
dc.contributor.authorReeve, J.
dc.contributor.authorSarrazin, P.
dc.contributor.authorBartholomew, K.J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-17T02:46:34Z
dc.date.available2019-10-17T02:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationBhavsar, N. and Ntoumanis, N. and Quested, E. and Gucciardi, D.F. and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. and Ryan, R.M. and Reeve, J. et al. 2019. Conceptualizing and testing a new tripartite measure of coach interpersonal behaviors. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 44: pp. 107-120.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76599
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.05.006
dc.description.abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. Objectives: Various self-report measures based on Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2017) have been developed to assess athletes’ perceptions of their coaches’ need supportive and thwarting behaviors. We propose that it is also conceptually important to distinguish between coaching behaviors that thwart and those that are indifferent to athletes’ psychological needs. This distinction is useful, as we contend that athletes’ degree of need frustration, and concomitant negative outcomes, are likely to be more pronounced in a coaching environment that actively thwarts (vs. is indifferent to) athletes’ needs. In this three-study paper, we outline the conceptual rationale for, the development of, and initial validity evidence for a tripartite (need supportive, thwarting, and indifferent) measure of interpersonal behaviors of coaches (TMIB-C). Method: In Study 1, we developed 54 candidate items and gathered evidence for their face and content validity with athletes and an expert panel. Competing factor models were tested in Study 2 to determine the best representation of the measure's factor structure. In Study 3, we tested the replication of such models and the nomological network surrounding the identified factors. Results: In Study 2, a 22-item, three-factor structure (supportive, thwarting, and indifferent behaviors) using exploratory structural equation modeling, demonstrated acceptable fit, good standardized factor loadings, factor correlations in the expected directions, and acceptable estimates of internal consistency. This model was replicated in Study 3. Tests of nomological networks showed that as expected, need indifference was a weaker predictor of autonomy and competence need frustration as compared to need thwarting, and the only significant predictor of irrelevant thoughts. Unexpectedly however, need indifference, when compared to need thwarting, was as good a predictor of exhaustion and a better predictor of relatedness frustration. Conclusions: Evidence supports the TMIB-C as a parsimonious and promising measure of athletes’ perceptions of coach interpersonal behaviors. Our tripartite conceptualization and measure should be further tested in terms of its predictive utility in order to advance conceptual understanding and intervention efforts targeting interpersonal behaviors in sport, and potentially other life domains.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherELSEVIER
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectHospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
dc.subjectPsychology, Applied
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectSport Sciences
dc.subjectSocial Sciences - Other Topics
dc.subjectSelf-determination theory
dc.subjectScale development
dc.subjectExploratory structural equation modeling
dc.subjectPsychometric testing
dc.subjectNeed support
dc.subjectNeed thwarting
dc.subjectSELF-DETERMINATION THEORY
dc.subjectCONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS
dc.subjectATHLETE BURNOUT
dc.subjectINITIAL VALIDATION
dc.subjectNEED SATISFACTION
dc.subjectAUTONOMY SUPPORT
dc.subjectFIT INDEXES
dc.subjectSPORT
dc.subjectSTYLE
dc.subjectENGAGEMENT
dc.titleConceptualizing and testing a new tripartite measure of coach interpersonal behaviors
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume44
dcterms.source.startPage107
dcterms.source.endPage120
dcterms.source.issn1469-0292
dcterms.source.titlePsychology of Sport and Exercise
dc.date.updated2019-10-17T02:46:30Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.departmentSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidNtoumanis, Nikos [0000-0001-7122-3795]
curtin.contributor.orcidQuested, Eleanor [0000-0002-6211-9045]
curtin.contributor.orcidGucciardi, Daniel [0000-0001-5448-3990]
curtin.contributor.researcheridNtoumanis, Nikos [B-7317-2011] [P-5801-2019]
curtin.contributor.researcheridGucciardi, Daniel [E-4934-2010]
dcterms.source.eissn1878-5476
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridNtoumanis, Nikos [6604054863]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridQuested, Eleanor [23028973900]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridGucciardi, Daniel [22940511600]


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