Masters and Lambert (1989) On gender comparison and construct validity: an examination of the commitment to running scale in a sample of marathon runners

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On gender comparison and construct validity: an examination of the commitment to running scale in a sample of marathon runners

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Masters, K. S.
	Author:	Lambert, M. J.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 12(4), 196 - 202.

YEAR:

1989

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

marathon; commitment; motivation; sex-factor; comparative-study; training; achievement; skill; correlation

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=246521&title=246521

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-374 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
The topics of measurement validity and gender differences have received less than adequate attention in the sport psychology literature. In this study construct validity and gender differences as they pertain to the Commitment to Running Scale (CR), a measure of perceived running addiction, were investigated in a sample of marathon runners. While the construct validity of the CR was generally supported by the pattern of correlations between it and training and performance variables, different relations were observed for males and females. This raised questions regarding differential validity of the scale for these groups. Additionally, while no differences were found between genders on a number of training and performance variables, females scored higher on the CR than did males. This somewhat surprising finding was explained in terms of social approval theory.

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