Adaptation of the Trust in the Coach Scale into Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

In this study, the trust in the coach scale has been translated and adpot into Turkish and determined the validity and reliability of the scale. The study group consisted of 340 (232 males and 108 females) competitive sport clubs athlete attended. Cronbach Alpha value of the adapted scale was found to be 0.97. The internal consistency coefficients of the sub dimensions ranged between 0.84-0.95, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the factor structure obtained after exploratory factor analysis in order to reveal the factor structure of trust in the coach. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the scale has eight-dimensional structure in its adapted form as it is in its original form. As a result, it can be told that the scale adapted into Turkish found to be valid and reliable to measure the attitudes of Turkish Athletes.