TABLE 2.
Measurement model.
| λ | AVE | CR | α | |
| Autocratic leadership | 0.512 | 0.749 | 0.760 | |
| My coach refuses to compromise on a point | 0.671 | |||
| My coach keeps to himself/herself | 0.799 | |||
| My coach speaks in a manner not to be questioned | 0.668 | |||
| Democratic leadership | 0.700 | 0.832 | 0.906 | |
| My coach asks for the opinions of athletes on strategies for specific competitions | 0.883 | |||
| My coach lets his/her athletes share in decision-making | 0.839 | |||
| My coach encourages athletes to make suggestions on conducting practices | 0.871 | |||
| My coach lets the group set its own goal | 0.778 | |||
| My coach lets the athletes try their own way, even if they make mistakes | 0.708 | |||
| Coach-athlete relationship | 0.751 | 0.916 | 0.970 | |
| I like my coach/My coach likes me | 0.926 | |||
| I trust my coach/My coach trusts me | 0.911 | |||
| I respect my coach/My coach respects me | 0.867 | |||
| I appreciate the sacrifices my coach has experienced in order to improve performance/My coach appreciates the sacrifices I have experienced to improve my performance | 0.875 | |||
| I am close to my coach/My coach is close to me | 0.859 | |||
| I am committed to my coach/My coach is committed to me | 0.914 | |||
| I feel that my sports career is promising with my coach/My coach believes that his/her coaching career is promising with me | 0.867 | |||
| I am ready to do my best/My coach is ready to do his/her best | 0.864 | |||
| I am at ease/My coach is at ease | 0.756 | |||
| I am responsive to his/her efforts/My coach is responsive to my efforts | 0.863 | |||
| I adopt a friendly stance/My coach adopts a friendly stance | 0.820 | |||
| Autonomous motivation | 0.778 | 0.900 | 0.971 | |
| Because it gives me pleasure to learn more about my sport | 0.846 | |||
| Because I find it enjoyable to discover new performance strategies | 0.849 | |||
| Because it is very interesting to learn how I can improve | 0.876 | |||
| Because practicing sports reflects the essence of whom I am | 0.850 | |||
| Because participating in sport is an integral part of my life | 0.874 | |||
| Because through sport, I am living in line with my deepest principles | 0.904 | |||
| Because I have chosen this sport as a way to develop myself | 0.930 | |||
| Because I found it is a good way to develop aspects of myself that I value | 0.922 | |||
| Because it is one of the best ways I have chosen to develop other aspects of myself | 0.885 | |||
| Athlete satisfaction | 0.817 | 0.750 | 0.931 | |
| Most days I am enthusiastic about my work | 0.917 | |||
| I feel satisfied with my present job | 0.872 | |||
| I find real enjoyment in my work | 0.909 |