Development of a 15-Item Scale to Measure Parental Perceptions of Their Neighborhood

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-108

  Quigg, Robin ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a   Reeder, Anthony Ivor ^a   Holt, Alec ^a   Waters, Debra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

built environment; health behavior; physical activity exercise; psychometric testing; quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84920982913     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114540460     Document Type: Article

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