Evidence for the validity of the Children's Attraction to Physical Activity questionnaire (CAPA) with young children

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-578

  Rose, Elizabeth ^a   Larkin, Dawne ^b   Hands, Beth ^c   Howard, Barbara ^a   Parker, Helen ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Measurement of attraction to physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN ATTRACTION TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIALIZATION; SPORT; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS;

EID: 68249122910     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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