Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the physical activity parenting practices questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including regular physical activity, is often part of interventions targeting childhood overweight and obesity. However, to properly inform the objectives of the intervention, reliable psychometric measures are needed to better understand children's and their families necessities and characteristics.

Objectives

To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices questionnaire in a community sample of Portuguese parents of children aged 5-10, assess measurement invariance across children's weight status, and construct validity.

Methods

Five hundred three parents completed the Portuguese version of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices (PAPP) questionnaire, a sociodemographic questionnaire, th

SUBMITTER: Silva-Martins M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683127 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature