Acta Univ. Palacki. Olomuc., Gymn. 2012 42(1): 53-64 | DOI: 10.5507/ag.2012.006

Pilot testing of the Czech versions of the Coaching Behavior Assessment Questionnaire structure

Veronika Baláková, Martin Musálek
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague

Background: In the sports environment, the opinion that the leadership style of the coach plays an essential role in achieving team success is generally accepted (Amorose & Horn, 2001). Scott Martin and Kelly Barnes in 1999 created Coaching Behavior Assessment Questionnaire, based on CBAS (Smith et al., 1977) and LSS (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1978, 1980). Currently in the Czech Republic, there is no diagnostic tool that would address the effectiveness of the coach.

Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to translate and evaluate the structure of CBAQ by method of structural equation modeling for population of children in age 10 - 16.

Methods: For translation of the questionnaire we utilized a modified direct translation method (Behling & Law, 2000). A total of 100 participants age 10 to 16, female 63 (mean age 13.02, SD = 2.10), male 37 (mean age 13.27, SD = 1.37) completed the CBAQ. For data analysis we applied both exploratory and confirmation factor analysis approaches.

Results: The original model was tested to verify the structural theory and diagnosis quality of this tool. Results of the original CBAQ 12-factor model showed poor fit of the underaverage values RMSEA on the level 0.082, CFI on the level 0.600 and lack coefficients of generic reliability. After reanalyzing the data we established a modified 5-factor structure of CBAQ. This 5-factor model with restricted numbers of items gave the best values of fit RMSEA = 0.056, CFI = 0.964 and acceptable values of generic reliability.

Conclusions: This study had pilot character and we were aware of problems with loosing information due to very restricted numbers of items in modified version, however it is suggested that final 5-factor version with 15 items could made basis for future full standardized Czech version of CBAQ.

Keywords: Behavior of coach, cross cultural validation, face-validity, content validity, structural equation modeling, reliability

Prepublished online: March 31, 2012; Published: January 1, 2012  Show citation

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Baláková, V., & Musálek, M. (2012). Pilot testing of the Czech versions of the Coaching Behavior Assessment Questionnaire structure. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica, 42(1), 53-64. doi: 10.5507/ag.2012.006
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