Development and Initial Validation of the Teaching Multiple School Subjects Role Conflict Questionnaire (TMSS-RCQ)

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  In Roundtable Session: Student Learning and Teacher Effectiveness in Physical Education

Abstract

There is a need to better understand the stressors associated with concurrently teaching multiple school subjects. The purpose of this study was to create and validate an instrument to measure interrole conflict that occurs when teaching physical education and another discipline. Participants included 259 teachers (157 female, 99 male, 3 other) who taught physical education and another subject(s) as part of their teaching load. Exploratory factor analysis identified a stable three-factor solution, including Schedule Conflict, Energy Expenditure Conflict, and Status Conflict. Confirmatory factor analysis supported this solution, χ2(24) = 47.16, p < .001, NNFI = .950, CFI = .967, SRMR = .069, RMSEA = .069 The newly validated scale correlated appropriately with conceptually similar and dissimilar constructs.

Authors

• Cassandra Iannucci, University of Limerick

• Kevin Andrew R. Richards, University of Alabama

• Ann MacPhail, University of Limerick