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Further Operationalization of Intra-Team Communication in Sports: An Updated Version of the Scale of Effective Communication in Team Sports (SECTS-2)

  1. Philip J. Sullivan1,*,
  2. Sandra Short2

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00722.x

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Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volume 41, Issue 2, pages 471–487, February 2011

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Sullivan, P. J. and Short, S. (2011), Further Operationalization of Intra-Team Communication in Sports: An Updated Version of the Scale of Effective Communication in Team Sports (SECTS-2). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41: 471–487. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00722.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology Brock University

  2. 2

    Department of Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Wellness University of North Dakota

* Philip Sullivan, Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2A 3S1. E-mail: phil.sullivan@Brocku.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 22 FEB 2011
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2011

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Sullivan & Feltz (2003) offered a preliminary multidimensional measure of communication in team sports, the Scale for Effective Communication in Team Sports (SECTS). The current research attempted to further the development and support for the psychometric properties and validity of the measure. In one study, 350 athletes completed an updated version of the SECTS. Confirmatory factor analyses showed good support for the 4-factor structure. Correlations to team cohesion offer construct validity for the scale. A second study, with an independent sample (N = 79), revealed that team performance was negatively related to the communication of Distinctiveness at the team level. This updated version of the SECTS represents a parsimonious, valid, and reliable operational definition of sports-specific effective team communication.

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