Factorial validity and gender invariance of the physical activity enjoyment scale (paces) in older adolescents

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Dunton, Genevieve Fridlund ^a   Tscherne, James ^b   Rodriguez, Daniel ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 63849280838     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599535     Document Type: Article

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