Validation and reliability of a sources of knowledge scale for Brazilian coaches

José Carlos Mendes,Ricardo Brandt,Sebastián Feu,Sergio Jose Ibañez,Juarez Vieira Nascimento,Humberto Moreira Carvalho

doi:10.1590/s1980-6574201900030013

Abstract

Abstract Aim: The present study examined the validity of the Coaches’ Training Profile Questionnaire (QPFT) in Brazilian coaches. Method: The questionnaire was back-translated and content validation was performed by an expert panel. Construct validation was based on the application of the questionnaire to 212 coaches from the state of Parana, considering the Cronbach’s alpha to examine internal consistency, Pearson’s correlation and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for test-retest reliability, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The questionnaire showed high internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient higher than .80. Correlations of the dimensions and ICC of the items indicated high reliability for the three dimensions of the questionnaire. The results of exploratory factor analysis explained a variance of 69.75%, with the AE factor explaining the largest portion of variance (27.01%) and the AT factor explaining the lowest portion of variance (21.14%). The absolute, parsimonious and incremental fit indices [X2 and p-value; X2/df; CFI, PCFI, GFI, PGFI, TLI, RMSEA (with 90% CI), and MECVI] were high. Conclusion: The Brazilian version of the QPFT presents a reliable and valid factor structure to identify coaches’ knowledge sources in Brazil.

Highlights

The development of coaches has been of interest as coaching is an integrated, complex and differentiated nature of this process[1]
In Brazil, coachesdevelopment is regulated by the 1998 regulation of the Physical Education profession, which is limited to the formal context within ungraduated courses, recently updated by Resolution CNE / CES 6/2018
Given that there is no available Portuguese language measure to identify coachessources of knowledge, the present study examined the validity of sources of knowledge scale that can be used by Brazilian coaches

Summary

Introduction

The development of coaches has been of interest as coaching is an integrated, complex and differentiated nature of this process[1]. Physical Education courses in Brazil do not appear to use facilitation strategies during coaches training, such as informal sources of knowledge[5,6,7]. It is widely recognized the need for the development of increasingly capacitated and qualified coaches[8]. There is a need to expand and facilitate the access of coaches to the most significant sources of knowledge in different learning contexts (formal and informal), likely promoting continuous learning and development in professional practice[7,9,10,11,12,13]

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