Development and validation of the characteristics of resilience in sports teams inventory

Decroos, S, Lines, RLJ, Morgan, PBC, Fletcher, D, Sarkar, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-8500, Fransen, K, Boen, F and Vande Broek, G, 2017. Development and validation of the characteristics of resilience in sports teams inventory. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 6 (2), pp. 158-178. ISSN 2157-3905

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Abstract

This multi-study paper reports the development and initial validation of an inventory for the Characteristics of Resilience in Sports Teams (CREST). In four related studies, 1225 athletes from Belgium and the United Kingdom were sampled. The first study provided content validity for an initial item set. The second study explored the factor structure of the CREST, yielding initial evidence but no conclusive results. In contrast, the third and fourth study provided evidence for a two-factor measure, reflecting (a) the team’s ability to display resilient characteristics and (b) the vulnerabilities being displayed under pressure. Overall, the CREST was shown to be reliable at the between-players and the between-teams level, as well as over time. Moreover, its concurrent validity was verified by linking the characteristics of team resilience with various relevant team processes. Its discriminant validity was established by comparing the CREST measures with individual athletes’ resilient traits. In conclusion, the CREST was argued to be a usable state-like measure of team-level resilient characteristics and vulnerabilities. To gain further understanding of team resilience as a process, this measurement could be used in future process-oriented research examining adverse events and sports team’s pre- and post-adversity functioning.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
Creators:	Decroos, S., Lines, R.L.J., Morgan, P.B.C., Fletcher, D., Sarkar, M., Fransen, K., Boen, F. and Vande Broek, G.
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
Date:	May 2017
Volume:	6
Number:	2
ISSN:	2157-3905
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1037/spy0000089 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	03 Apr 2017 08:33
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 14:13
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30476

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