Development and psychometric properties of the Y-PASS questionnaire to assess correlates of lunchtime and after-school physical activity in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To frame interventions, it is useful to understand context- and time-specific correlates of children's physical activity. To do this, we need accurate assessment of these correlates. There are currently no measures that assess correlates at all levels of the social ecological model, contain items that are specifically worded for the lunchtime and/or after-school time periods, and assess correlates that have been conceptualised and defined by children. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the lunchtime and after-school Youth Physical Activity Survey for Specific Settings (Y-PASS) questionnaires.

Methods

The Y-PASS questionnaire was administered to 264 South Australian children (146 boys, 118 girls; mean age = 11.7 ± 0.93

SUBMITTER: Stanley RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4041362 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature