TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and inter correlations for all main variables in the study.

Variables	M	SD	α	1	2	3	4
Athlete variables
(1) Direct relationship quality2	5.34	1.14	0.95	−
(20 Meta relationship quality2	5.43	1.15	0.97	0.91∗∗	−
(3) Communication strategies 1	4.47	0.96	0.91	0.79∗∗	0.76∗∗	−
(4) Communication strategies 2	4.70	0.93	0.91	0.81∗∗	0.80∗∗	0.96∗∗	−

^∗∗p significant at 0.01.