Physical activity enjoyment scale short form—does it fit for children?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-427

  Paxton, Raheem J ^a   Nigg, Claudio ^b   Motl, Robert W ^c   Yamashita, Marisa ^d   Chung, Richard ^d   Battista, Jackie ^d   Chang, JoAnn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Invariance; Multiethnic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 52049088083     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2008.10599508     Document Type: Article

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