Term of Award
Summer 2010
Degree Name
Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Committee Chair
Gavin Colquitt
Committee Member 1
Jonathan Metzler
Committee Member 2
Sarah Carson
Committee Member 3
Barry Joyner
Abstract
Hazing in sport has recently received national attention from the media as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Van Raalte, Cornelius, Linder, & Brewer, 2007), as hazing behaviors are prevalent within the sport community (Alfred University, 1999; Allan & Madden, 2008). While the attitudes and beliefs of student-athletes towards hazing behaviors have been examined (Campo, Poulos, & Sipple, 2005), coaches' perceptions of the phenomenon have been yet to be examined. As no scale currently exists to measure coaches' perceived legitimacy of hazing behaviors (PLHB) in sport, the study focused on the creation and validation of such an instrument for Division I, II, and III intercollegiate coaches. The PLHB scale underwent content validation through expert review and criterion and discriminant validation through the inclusion of a demographic questionnaire, the Defining Issues Test -2 (Rest, Narvaez, Thoma, & Bebeau, 1999), the Social Desirability Scale - Short Form (Strahan & Gerbasi, 1972).
Recommended Citation
Bigham, Lauren, "Development and Validation of a Perceived Legitimacy of Hazing Behavior Scale for College Coaches" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 416.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/416
Research Data and Supplementary Material
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