Construct validation of physical activity surveys in culturally diverse older adults: A comparison of four commonly used questionnaires

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-50

  Moore, Delilah S ^a   Ellis, Rebecca ^b   Allen, Priscilla D ^a   Monroe, Pamela A ^a   Cherry, Katie E ^a   O'Neil, Carol E ^a   Wood, Robert H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUSSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41749108859     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2008.10599459     Document Type: Article

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