Portuguese translation and validation of the questionnaires from the Canadian Physical Literacy Assessment-2: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Physical literacy assessment is considered a vital resource to decrease the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity in children and adolescents worldwide. In Portugal, there is no physical literacy assessment tool for children under 15 years old. The main objective of this study was to carry out a translation and cultural adaptation of the Canadian Physical Literacy Assessment 2 (CAPL-2) into Portuguese, as well as to test its psychometric properties, in children between 8 and 12 years of age.

Methods

The questionnaires included in the CAPL-2 were translated using the translation-back-translation method and adapted to their context. The test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis of the CAPL-2 Portug

SUBMITTER: Mendoza-Munoz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10690814 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature