Chik, Tsz Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-86). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ABSTRACT (Chinese version) --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background of Study --- p.1 / Purpose and Significance --- p.3 / Delimitations --- p.3 / Limitations --- p.3 / Operational Definitions --- p.3 / Health-related physical fitness --- p.3 / Cardiorespiratory fitness --- p.4 / Body composition --- p.4 / Muscular strength --- p.4 / Muscular endurance --- p.4 / Flexibility --- p.4 / Self-reported questionnaire --- p.4 / Hypotheses --- p.4 / Chapter II --- REVIEW OF LITERATURE --- p.6 / Physical Fitness: Definition and its Association with Health and Mortality --- p.8 / Brief review on physical fitness and health --- p.10 / Physical Fitness Evaluation Programs --- p.12 / Existing Laboratory and Field Tests for Health-related Physical Fitness --- p.18 / Laboratory methods --- p.18 / Field tests --- p.21 / Problems associated with laboratory and field tests --- p.25 / Non-exercise prediction models --- p.28 / Self-reported Questionnaire --- p.30 / Perceived Physical Fitness Scale --- p.30 / NASA/JSC Physical Activity Scale (PA-R) --- p.30 / Multidimensional Physical Self-Concept --- p.31 / Validity and reliability of the self-reported fitness questionnaires --- p.31 / Merits and limitations of self-reported questionnaires --- p.33 / Setting of a Questionnaire --- p.35 / Summary --- p.35 / Chapter III --- METHODOLOGY --- p.37 / Development of questionnaire --- p.37 / Item construction --- p.37 / Content validity --- p.38 / Pilot test --- p.38 / Validity and reliability --- p.39 / Criterion measures --- p.40 / Statistical analysis --- p.43 / Descriptive statistics --- p.43 / Reliability --- p.43 / Criterion-related validity --- p.44 / Chapter IV --- RESULTS --- p.45 / Descriptive Statistics --- p.45 / Criterion-related validity --- p.48 / Reliability --- p.49 / Test-retest reliability --- p.49 / Internal consistency --- p.50 / Questionnaire revision --- p.51 / Chapter V --- DISCUSSION --- p.57 / Reliability --- p.57 / Test-retest reliability --- p.57 / Internal consistency --- p.60 / Validity --- p.62 / Limitations --- p.68 / Recommendations for further study --- p.69 / Conclusions --- p.69 / REFERENCES --- p.71 / APPENDIX / Chapter A --- Self-reported Physical Fitness Questionnaire for content validity --- p.87 / Chapter B --- Self-reported Physical Fitness Questionnaire for criterion validity (Chinese version) --- p.108 / Chapter C --- Self-reported Physical Fitness Questionnaire for criterion validity (English version) --- p.113 / Chapter D --- Health History Questionnaire --- p.119 / Chapter E --- PAR-Q --- p.121 / Chapter F --- Informed consent --- p.123 / Chapter G --- "Revised Self-reported Physical Fitness, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency (women)" --- p.124 / Chapter H --- "Revised Self-reported Physical Fitness, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency (men)" --- p.126
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326025 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Chik, Tsz Kwan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 126 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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