Validity and Reliability of the School Physical Activity Environment Questionnaire among Chinese Adolescents
DONG Rubao, DOU Kaiyun*

School of Physical Education, Guizhou Normal University,Guiyang,China 550001

Abstract

Purpose:To test the reliability and validity of Q-SPACE among Chinese adolescents. Methods: Using the test-retest and CFA method to analyze Cronbach^s coefficient, test-retest reliability and validity of Q-SPACE among in junior high school and high school students respectively.etc. Results: Overall, the internal consistency coefficient were &#945-T = .974 and .933, &#945-J = .977 and .915, &#945-S = .954 and .925- the test-retest coefficient: PE subscale (r = .939) and PA environment (r = .919). The CFA model fit index was chi-square(df=169,N=471)=711.61, p<.001, chi-square/df=4.21 , GFI=.85, AGFI=.81, IFI=.90, TLI=.87, CFI=.90, RMSEA=.08, SRMR=.05- the partial fit index of the model of high school students is slightly lower than that of junior high schools population, etc. Conclusion: The revised Chinese version of Q-SPACE has high reliability and acceptable validity, and is suitable for teens of all ages, but the content and expression of the items need to be further adapted,etc.

Keywords: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)- Physical Activity Environment- Model Fit Index- Junior School Student- Senior High School Student

Topic: Physical activity, exercise, fitness, and wellbeing