The HAPPY Study: Development and reliability of a parent survey to assess correlates of preschool children's physical activity

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 407-417

  Hinkley, Trina ^a,b   Salmon, Jo ^b   Okely, Anthony D ^a   Crawford, David ^b   Hesketh, Kylie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Determinants; Physical activity; Preschool; Reproducibility of results; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84865325675     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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