Large-scale assessments of children and youth physical activity (PA) behaviors are regularly conducted in school settings. In addition to assessing actual fitness, the FITNESSGRAM® assesses self-reported PA behaviors for aerobic, strengthening, and flexibility activity within the past 7 days. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the three PA items. Participants included 1010 students in grades three through twelve and were either tested under a teacher – teacher condition, an expert - expert condition, a teacher – expert condition, or a trained teacher – expert condition. Comparisons of the responses to the PA items indicated adequate reliability for teachers, but the reliability improved with training. Likewise, the validities for teachers are moderate to fair; however, they improved when teachers received additional training.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc84271 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | San Miguel, Kaleigh |
| Contributors | Martin, Scott B., Morrow, James R., Jackson, Allen W. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, San Miguel, Kaleigh, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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