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The Four Faces of Competition: The Development of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory

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Title
The Four Faces of Competition: The Development of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory
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Frontiers in Psychology, May 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00779
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Gábor Orosz, István Tóth-Király, Noémi Büki, Krisztián Ivaskevics, Beáta Bőthe, Márta Fülöp

Abstract

To date, no short scale exists with established factor structure that can assess individual differences in competition. The aim of the present study was to uncover and operationalize the facets of competitive orientations with theoretical underpinning and strong psychometric properties. A total of 2676 respondents were recruited for four studies. The items were constructed based on qualitative research in different cultural contexts. A combined method of exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed. ESEM resulted in a four-factor structure of the competitive orientations and this structure was supported by a series of CFAs on different comprehensive samples. The Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory (MCOI) included 12 items and four factors: hypercompetitive orientation, self-developmental competitive orientation, anxiety-driven competition avoidance, and lack of interest toward competition. Strong gender invariance was established. The four facets of competition have differentiated relationship patterns with adaptive and maladaptive personality and motivational constructs. The MCOI can assess the adaptive and maladaptive facets of competitive orientations with a short, reliable, valid and theoretically underlined multidimensional measure.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 12%
Student > Bachelor 10 12%
Researcher 8 9%
Professor 3 3%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 33 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 25 29%
Business, Management and Accounting 8 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Sports and Recreations 3 3%
Design 2 2%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 34 40%
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