Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q)
HR & WorkReliability: alphas 0.78–0.883 sample items
About this scale
An 11-item measure of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship across three constructs: closeness (affective bond), commitment (intention to maintain), and complementarity (cooperative role behaviours).
Sample item(s)
“I feel close to my coach (closeness)”
“I am committed to my coach (commitment)”
“When I am coached by my coach, I am at ease (complementarity)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alphas 0.78–0.88. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Jowett, S., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004): The Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q): Development and initial validation. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 245–257.
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