TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of youth sport friendships
T2 - Measurement development and validation
AU - Weiss, Maureen R.
AU - Smith, Alan L.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - The role of peers has been neglected in research on youth psychosocial development in sport. The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a measure of youth sport friendship quality for the purpose of facilitating such research. Dimensions and higher order themes found in Weiss, Smith, and Theeboom's (1996) qualitative study of sport friendships among children and adolescents, as well as a core set of items from previous research (Parker & Asher, 1993), were used to develop and refine items for a sport friendship quality scale. Over the course of three studies, content, factorial, and construct validity, as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability, were demonstrated for the Sport Friendship Quality Scale (SFQS). Future research is recommended to examine the role of children's sport friendship quality on psychosocial development in the physical domain.
AB - The role of peers has been neglected in research on youth psychosocial development in sport. The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a measure of youth sport friendship quality for the purpose of facilitating such research. Dimensions and higher order themes found in Weiss, Smith, and Theeboom's (1996) qualitative study of sport friendships among children and adolescents, as well as a core set of items from previous research (Parker & Asher, 1993), were used to develop and refine items for a sport friendship quality scale. Over the course of three studies, content, factorial, and construct validity, as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability, were demonstrated for the Sport Friendship Quality Scale (SFQS). Future research is recommended to examine the role of children's sport friendship quality on psychosocial development in the physical domain.
KW - Measurement
KW - Peer relationships
KW - Youth sport
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U2 - 10.1123/jsep.21.2.145
DO - 10.1123/jsep.21.2.145
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033449590
SN - 0895-2779
VL - 21
SP - 145
EP - 166
JO - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
IS - 2
ER -