Validation of a maternal questionnaire on correlates of physical activity in preschool children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Valid measures of physical activity correlates in preschool children are lacking. This study aimed to assess the validity, factor structure and internal consistency of a maternal questionnaire on potential correlates of four-year-old children's physical activity.

Methods

The questionnaire was designed to measure the following constructs: child personal factors; parental support and self-efficacy for providing support; parental rules and restrictions; maternal attitudes and perceptions; maternal behaviour; barriers to physical activity; and the home and local environments. Two separate studies were conducted. Study I included 24 mothers of four-year-old children who completed the questionnaire then participated in a telephone interview covering similar items to the

SUBMITTER: McMinn AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2791748 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature