Determining validity and reliability of Moral Disengagement questionnaire in Sport

The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the moral disengagement questionnaire in sport.
The research method was descriptive, which was done through the field method. The statistical population of this study was the athletes in Iran, out of which 422 questionnaires were collected. The measurement instrument used was a questionnaire of 32item moral ddisengagements qquestionnaires in sport (Boardley & Kavussanu, 2007) with six sub-scales (conduct reconstrual, advantageous comparison, non-responsibility, distorting consequences, dehumanization, and attribution of blame). The validity of the questionnaire was accepted after translation by professors of sport management specialists. The statistical methods used were descriptive indices for describing data, Cronbach`s alpha for determining validity and confirmatory factor analysis to determine the structural validity.
The analytical results obtained showed (α = 0.87) the reliability of the moral disengagement questionnaire. All questions had a significant relationship with their agent in the reliability of structure, amount of relationship, and T-value, and they could be good predictors for their agent. X2/df = 1.89, RMSEA = 0.067, NFI = 0.99, CFI = 0.98, IFI = 0.99, AGFI = 0.98, and GFI = 0.97 also confirmed the goodness of models. Also the results about the relations of factors with the meaning of moral disengagement showed that all factors could be good predictors for the concept of moral disengagement.
Questionnaire moral disengages a reliable and valid measure that can be used to evaluate moral disengagement in the field of sports, and reliable and consistent results are achieved.