Adaptation of the Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Coaches (Sport Climate Questionnaire) Into Turkish

Year 2025, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 427 - 448, 30.08.2025

Gülselin Küçükçakir , Sinan Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.54141/psbd.1634761

Abstract

This study seeks to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of the Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Coaches (Sport Climate Questionnaire). The research group consisted of 353 active athletes aged between 12 and 18 years (199 females and 154 males; mean age = 13.95 ± 2.08 years). Data were collected using the Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Coaches and the Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used for data analysis. The CFA results confirmed the single-factor structure of both the long and short forms of the scale. Criterion-related validity analysis revealed a positive correlation between the Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Coaches and the empowering climate dimension, while a negative correlation was found with the disempowering climate dimension. Both forms of the scale demonstrated adequate reliability coefficients, with satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability values. Similarly, test-retest correlations were found to be sufficient. In conclusion, the long and short forms of the Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Coaches are valid and reliable tools for assessing coaches’ autonomy-supportive behaviors.

Keywords

Autonomy support , Autonomy-supportive behaviors , Coach , Motivational climate

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