Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Turkish and Kuwaiti Teacher-Student Relationship Questionnaire in Physical Education (TSRQ- PE Teacher Version): Testing for Measurement Invariance
SUSTAINABILITY, cilt.13, sa.3, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.3390/su13031387
- Dergi Adı: SUSTAINABILITY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Aerospace Database, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, INSPEC, Metadex, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
- Anahtar Kelimeler: teacher-student relationship, physical education, measurement invariance, multigroup confirmatory factor analysis, cross-cultural
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Background: Within the 3Cs (closeness, commitment, and complementarity) theoretical framework of the quality of two-person relationships, a coach-athlete relationship quality questionnaire (CART-Q) was developed and validated to assess the nature of the coach-athlete relationship. In this study, a modified version of the CART-Q for physical education (PE) was adapted to assess the teacher-student relationship quality in the PE context in Turkey and Kuwait. The purpose of this study was to examine the factorial validity of the teacher-student relationship quality questionnaire (TSRQ-PE) within a sample of Turkish and Kuwaiti physical education teachers. Methods: Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) was used to test the measurement of cultural invariance between these two groups. A total of 175 teachers from Turkey (n = 73) and Kuwait (n = 102) completed the TPRQ-PE. Results: MGCFA supported the factorial validity of the TPRQ-PE in a three first-order factor model across the two countries. Overall, these results add evidence to the psychometric properties of the TPRQ-PE and suggest that this instrument can be applied to measure the quality of the teacher-student relationship within Turkey and Kuwait, although caution may be required when applied to drawing comparisons between these two counties. Conclusions: The results of the present study could help physical educators and researchers in this field to understand the reasons and methods that lead to a quality teacher-student relationship.