Abstract des Autors

The similarity of the constructs measured by the Perceptions of Success Questionnaire (POS; Roberts, 1993) and the Sports Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ; Gill, 1993) were evaluated using (a) confirmatory factor analyses of responses by 395 high school students (217 males, 178 females, ages 12 to 18) to items adapted from the two instruments and (b) relations to external criteria. Although the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales were highly related and reflected with the POS Mastery and SOQ Goal scales than with the POS Competitiveness scale. Apparently, competitiveness assessed by the SOQ reflects a task orientation, whereas the POS Competitiveness Scale reflects primarily an ego orientation. Sport psychologists need to beware of jingle (scale with the same label reflect the same construct) and jangle (scales with different labes measure different construct) fallacies, and pursue construct validity studies more vigorously to test the interpretations of measures. Verf.-Referat