The Coaching Efficacy Scale II—High School Teams

• Published in: Educational and psychological measurement Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 1059 - 1076
• Main Authors: Myers, Nicholas D., Feltz, Deborah L., Chase, Melissa A., Reckase, Mark D., Hancock, Gregory R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2008; Sage Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Athletic Coaches; Biological and medical sciences; Data collection; Developmental psychology; Discriminant analysis; Effectiveness; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender Differences; Goodness of Fit; High school sports; High Schools; Measures (Individuals); Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics; Self Efficacy; Self esteem; Structural Equation Models; Team Sports; Trainers; Validation studies; Validity; exploratory factor analysis; confirmatory factor analysis; coaching efficacy; structural equation modeling; self-efficacy; Human; Grammar school; Exploratory analysis; Factor analysis; Coaching; Structural equation modeling; Social group; Psychometrics; Test validation; Adolescent; Confirmatory factor analysis; Self efficacy
• ISSN: 0013-1644; 1552-3888
• DOI: 10.1177/0013164408318773

The purpose of this validity study was to improve measurement of coaching efficacy, an important variable in models of coaching effectiveness. A revised version of the coaching efficacy scale (CES) was developed for head coaches of high school teams (CES II-HST). Data were collected from head coaches of 14 relevant high school sports (N = 799). Exploratory factor analysis (n = 250) and a conceptual understanding of the construct of interest led to the selection of 18 items. A single-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; n = 549) provided evidence for close model-data fit. A multigroup CFA provided evidence for factorial invariance by gender of the coach (n = 588).