Perceived Autonomy Support: The Climate Questionnaires

Scale Description | Health Care Climate | Learning Climate | Work Climate | Sport Climate

Download the complete packet for the Climate Questionnaires in a Word file

The Sport Climate Questionnaire (SCQ)

The SCQ has a long form containing 15 items and a short form containing 6 of the items. The questionnaire is typically used with respect to specific coaches or individuals in comparable positions with respect to a sport or physical activity. The wording can be changed slightly to specify the particular situation being studied. The questions then pertain to the autonomy support of the respondent's coach, trainer, or sport/exercise instructor. Below, you will find the 15-item version of the questionnaire, worded in terms of "my coach" (or trainer). If you would like to use the 6-item version, simply reconstitute the questionnaire using only items # 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, and 14.

Scoring: Scores on both the 15-item version and the 6-item version are calculated by averaging the individual item scores. However, for the long version, before averaging the item scores, you must first "reverse" the score of item 13 (i.e., subtract the score on item 13 from 8 and use the result as the item score for this item--for example, the score of 3, when reversed would become 5). Higher average scores represent a higher level of perceived autonomy support.

Sport Climate Questionnaire

This questionnaire contains items that are related to your experience with your coach (trainer). Coaches have different styles in dealing with athletes, and we would like to know more about how you have felt about your encounters with your coach. Your responses are confidential. Please be honest and candid.

1. I feel that my coach provides me choices and options.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
2. I feel understood by my coach.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
3. I am able to be open with my coach while engaged in athletics.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
4. My coach conveyed confidence in my ability to do well at athletics.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
5. I feel that my coach accepts me.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
6. My coach made sure I really understood the goals of my athletic involvement and what I need to do.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
7. My coach encouraged me to ask questions.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
8. I feel a lot of trust in my coach.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
9. My coach answers my questions fully and carefully.
   
   

   1	2	3	4	5	6	7
   strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

   
   
10. My coach listens to how I would like to do things.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    
11. My coach handles people's emotions very well.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    
12. I feel that my coach cares about me as a person.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    
13. I don't feel very good about the way my coach talks to me.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    
14. My coach tries to understand how I see things before suggesting a new way to do things.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    
15. I feel able to share my feelings with my coach.
    
    

    1	2	3	4	5	6	7
    strongly disagree		neutral			strongly agree

    
    

The SCQ as a rating device.

The SCQ was designed to be used by athletes to report their perceptions of their coaches, trainers, or sport instructors. However, it can also be used for having trained observers rate the autonomy supportiveness of such individuals, based on listening to tape recorded interactions between those individuals and athletes. This approach has not been used with the SCQ, but it has been used with the HCCQ. A description of its use can be found on the HCCQ page, and can be easily adapted if you would like to use the SCQ in this way.

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