Thesis
Invariance testing of the CART-Q: US college athletes
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101029
Abstract
The study aimed to test the invariance of the Coach Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CARTQ) across male and female US college athletes. The CART-Q consists of 11 items measuring three factors of coach athlete relationship: closeness, commitment and complementarity (Jowett & Ntoumanis, 2004). Extreme correlations among the three factors indicated the absence of three conceptually separate factors, signifying a one-dimensional model instead. Subsequently, testing the invariance of a onedimensional model was intended as an alternative. However, a good one-factor measurement model for both male and female athlete samples could not be established without significantly modifying the model. Hence, invariance testing of the one factor model was not carried out. Overall, results show that the proposed three-factor structure of coach athlete relationship as expressed by the CART-Q was not supported in this sample, thus the original goal of conducting invariance testing could not be met.
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- Title
- Invariance testing of the CART-Q
- Creators
- Ekaterina Burduli
- Contributors
- Craig D. Parks (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900524806801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis