title: Toward a multidimensional model of athletes' commitment to coach-athlete relationships and interdependent sport teams: a substantive-methodological synergy.
abstract: Drawing from a three-factor model of organizational commitment, we sought to provide validity evidence for a multidimensional conceptualization designed to capture adolescent athletes' commitment to their coach-athlete relationship or their team. In Study 1, 335 individual-sport athletes (Mage = 17.32, SD = 1.38) completed instruments assessing affective, normative, and continuance commitment to their relationship with their coach, and in Study 2, contextually modified instruments were administered to assess interdependent-sport athletes' (N = 286, Mage = 16.31, SD = 1.33) commitment to their team. Bayesian structural equation modeling revealed support for a three-factor (in comparison with a single-factor) model, along with relations between commitment dimensions and relevant correlates (e.g., satisfaction, return intentions, cohesion) that were largely consistent with theory. Guided by recent advancements in Bayesian modeling, these studies provide a new commitment instrument with the potential for use and refinement in team- and relationship-based settings and offer preliminary support for a conceptual framework that may help advance our understanding of the factors underpinning individuals' engagement in sport.
authors: School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Jackson
authors: Daniel F
authors: DF
authors: Gucciardi
authors: James A
authors: JA
authors: Dimmock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*