Design and psychometrics evaluation of Adolescent Physical Literacy Questionnaire (APLQ).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Despite the global introduction of physical literacy in recent years, a lack of a comprehensive physical literacy tool is still evident in adolescents. This study was conducted to design and perform psychometric evaluation of self-assessment adolescent physical literacy questionnaire in the Iranian sample.

Methods

A mixed research method, including 3 phases, was used on 836 adolescents in the age range of 12-18 years old. A questionnaire with 59 items was designed based on the qualitative stage, refined during the validity and reliability stages, and finally, formed a questionnaire with 25 items.

Results

The exploratory factor analysis showed 3 factors with an explanation of 59.5% of the total variance, and the results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed

SUBMITTER: Mohammadzadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379033 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature