Coach-athlete relationship

Question 1

What is the definition of the coach-athlete relationship? (source?)

Answer 1

A situation in which a coach’s and an athlete’s cognitions, feelings, and behaviours are mutually and causally interrelated.
Jowett and Cockerill (2002)

Question 2

Who claimed the coach-athlete relationship is the most important one in the sport domain?

Answer 2

Jowett, 2003

Question 3

Why is the study of the coach-athlete relationship important?

Answer 3

1. Practical implications
2. Performance outcomes
3. Psychosocial development and well-being
4. Governs formation of subsequent relationships

Question 4

What are the 3+1 C’s in Jowett’s (2007) conceptual model of the coach-athlete relationship?

Answer 4

Closeness - affective tone of the relationship
Commitment - intention to maintain relationship over time
Complementarity - the degree to which members work together
Co-orientation - mutual understanding of the coach & athlete’s perception of the relatonship

Question 5

What questionnaire was developed to quantitatively assess the coach-athlete relationship? By who?

Answer 5

Coach-athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q)

Jowett and Ntoumanis (2004)

Question 6

What relationship was found between quality of C-A relationship and motivational climate? By who?

Answer 6

Higher quality relationships associated with TASK-oriented motivational climate
Olympiou, Jowett & Duda (2008)

Question 7

What factors in the C-A relationship explained some of the variance in collective efficacy? (source?)

Answer 7

Commitment and closeness

Hampson and Jowett (2014)

Question 8

What is the relationship between relationship quality and both task and social cohesion? (source?)

Answer 8

High relationship quality associated with task and social cohesion
Jowett and Chaundy (2004)