The Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q): Development and initial validation

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-257

  Jowett, Sophia ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coach athlete relationship; Scale development; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; COACH ATHLETE RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS;

EID: 4143082917     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2003.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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