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Steven Decroos
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Robin L. J. Lines
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Paul B.C. Morgan
Paul B.C.
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David Fletcher
David
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Mustafa Sarkar
Mustafa
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Katrien Fransen
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Filip Boen
Filip
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Gert Vande Broek
Gert Vande
Broek
Development and validation of the characteristics of resilience in sports teams inventory
Loughborough University
2018
Team dynamics
Pressure
Protective factors
Stress
Questionnaire
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
2018-03-13 09:25:11
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Development_and_validation_of_the_characteristics_of_resilience_in_sports_teams_inventory/9626627
© 2017 American Psychological Association. This multistudy paper reports the development and initial validation of an inventory for the Characteristics of Resilience in Sports Teams (CREST). In 4 related studies, 1,225 athletes from Belgium and the United Kingdom were sampled. The first study provided content validity for an initial item set. The second study explored the factor structure of the CREST, yielding initial evidence but no conclusive results. In contrast, the third and fourth study provided evidence for a 2-factor measure, reflecting (a) the team's ability to display resilient characteristics and (b) the vulnerabilities being displayed under pressure. Overall, the CREST was shown to be reliable at the between-players and the between-teams level, as well as over time. Moreover, its concurrent validity was verified by linking the characteristics of team resilience with various relevant team processes. Its discriminant validity was established by comparing the CREST measures with individual athletes' resilient traits. In conclusion, the CREST was argued to be a usable state-like measure of team-level resilient characteristics and vulnerabilities. To gain further understanding of team resilience as a process, this measurement could be used in future process-oriented research examining adverse events and sports team's pre- and postadversity functioning.