Abstract

MARCEN MUNIO, C.; GIMENO MARCO, F.  and  GOMEZ BAHILLO, C.. Adapting Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) in a high performance center coaches and athletes. CPD [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.3, pp.21-32. ISSN 1989-5879.

The purpose of this study was to adapt the Scale of Leadership in Sport (Leadership Scale for Sports-LSS) of Chelladurai and Saleh (1980) for the population of talent and high performance athletes (LSS-2: athletes' perception) and coaches (LSS-3: coaches' perception). First, a forward and backward translation from English to Spanish (Mexican) was done by two expert linguists. To study the psychometric properties, 207 athletes and 27 coaches of the National Sports Talent Center and High Performance Mexico (CNAR) were included. The exploratory factor analysis results showed adjustments and a two-factor structure with adequate internal consistency of each factor ("Athlete's development implication": a = 0.93 and "Autocratic conduct": a = 0.70) and the scale as a whole (a = .91). The different factor structure of this study compared to the original can be related to the changing socio-cultural context and offers the possibility to know specifically the construct of leadership in the context of Mexican athletes and coaches performance. Results show the high discrepancy between coaches' and their athletes' perceptions, perceiving those with a more similar style to the "high performance coach" leadership model. Items which greater consistency have are referred to the emotional closeness and trust. This asymmetry in perceptions recommends a leadership intervention program.

Keywords : leadership; sport performance; youth sport; coaches.

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