Physical Education Teacher Attitudes Toward Fitness Test Scale: Development and Validation

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-161

  Keating, Xiaofen Deng ^a   Silverman, Stephen ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Physical activity; Reliability; Youth fitness tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142641921     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.23.2.143     Document Type: Article

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