Development and Validation of the Compliant and Principled Sportspersonship Scale

John L. Perry, Peter Clough, Lee Crust, Sam L. Nabb, Adam R. Nicholls

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Abstract

Purpose:
A new measure of sportspersonship, which differentiates between compliance and principled approaches, was developed and initially validated in 3 studies.

Method:
Study 1 developed items, assessed content validity, and proposed a model. Study 2 tested the factorial validity of the model on an independent sample. Study 3 further tested the factorial validity on another independent sample as well as the construct validity.

Results:
In Study 1, a 71-item questionnaire was developed. Exploratory factor analysis reduced the questionnaire to a 6-factor, 33-item scale explaining 47.70% of the variance. Study 2 tested this revised questionnaire in a series of confirmatory factor analyses, presenting a 24-item and 5-factor model with acceptable fit, χ2(242) = 455.9, comparative fit index = .93, Tucker-Lewis Index = .92, standardized root mean square residual = .05, root mean square error of approximation = .04. Study 3 provided some evidence to support the construct validity of the 24-item scale using theoretically associated measures.

Conclusions:
This series of studies provided some initial validity evidences of the Compliant and Principled Sportspersonship Scale.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-80
Number of pages10
JournalResearch Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Volume86
Issue number1
Early online date1 Dec 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

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