title: Development and validation of an inventory to assess conflict in sport teams: the Group Conflict Questionnaire.
abstract: Abstract The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a conceptually and psychometrically sound conflict questionnaire for sport. The development process involved 3 phases: (a) a qualitative phase, (b) a content and factorial validity phase and (c) a construct validity phase. A total of 50 items were generated and sent to 6 experts to determine content validity. Through this process, 25 items were retained and administered to a sample of athletes (n = 437) to determine factorial validity. Based on these results, a second sample (n = 305) was administered the 14-item version of the Group Conflict Questionnaire along with the Group Environment Questionnaire, the Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Passion Scale to test convergent, discriminant and known-group difference validity. Cross-validation from both samples via confirmatory factor analysis yielded moderate-to-acceptable model fit, thus supporting factorial validity for the 14-item version. Additionally, initial support for convergent validity and known-group difference validity and partial support for discriminant validity were found. A sport-specific conflict questionnaire is now available for researchers to utilise. Results and research implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Kinesiology , Western University , London , Ontario , Canada N6A 3K7.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paradis
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carron
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martin
keywords: group dynamics; intra-group conflict; measurement; psychometrics; validity