Laukkanen Arto, Aunola Kaisa, Korhonen Elisa, Barnett Lisa M, Sääkslahti Arja
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021 May 5;18(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01128-5.
Children's perception of parenting is hypothesised to significantly affect their physical activity (PA). This study aimed to examine construct validity, factorial invariance and reliability of a new tool: Physical Activity Parenting questionnaire for Children (PAP-C).
PAP-C comprised 22 items hypothesised to cover 3 theory-guided factors of physical activity parenting (PAP)-namely, structure for activity, autonomy support and involvement. Construct validity and internal consistency of PAP-C were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and composite reliability in a sample of Finnish first, second- and third graders (n = 456; mean age 8.77 ± 0.84 years, girls 51.1%). Factorial invariance of PAP-C across grade levels was investigated using sequential multigroup CFA. Intra-class correlation (ICC) coefficients of the sum factors were calculated in a sample of children who completed a 4-week PAP-C retest (n = 450; mean age 8.83 ± 0.87 years, girls 48.0%).
A first-order 3-factor model of the structure for activity, autonomy support and involvement, with 20 items (two items removed), showed an acceptable fit. The model demonstrated configural, metric, and scalar invariance across grade levels. Composite reliabilities indicated moderate-to-good internal consistency (from .74 to .87) for the factors. ICCs (from .494 to .750, p < .001) showed moderate to excellent test-retest stability for all grade levels.
PAP-C can be considered to be a promising tool for investigating 7-10-year-old children's perceptions of PAP.
据推测，儿童对养育方式的认知会对其身体活动（PA）产生重大影响。本研究旨在检验一种新工具——儿童身体活动养育问卷（PAP-C）的结构效度、因素不变性和信度。
PAP-C包含22个项目，据推测涵盖身体活动养育（PAP）的3个理论导向因素，即活动结构、自主支持和参与。在芬兰一、二、三年级学生样本（n = 456；平均年龄8.77±0.84岁，女孩占51.1%）中，使用验证性因素分析（CFA）和组合信度对PAP-C的结构效度和内部一致性进行了测试。使用序贯多组CFA研究了PAP-C在不同年级水平上的因素不变性。在完成4周PAP-C重测的儿童样本（n = 450；平均年龄8.83±0.87岁，女孩占48.0%）中计算了总因素的组内相关（ICC）系数。
一个包含活动结构、自主支持和参与的一阶三因素模型，去掉两个项目后由20个项目组成，显示出可接受的拟合度。该模型在不同年级水平上表现出构型、度量和标量不变性。组合信度表明各因素的内部一致性从中度到良好（从0.74到0.87）。ICC（从0.494到0.750，p < 0.001）显示所有年级水平的重测稳定性从中度到优秀。
PAP-C可被认为是一种用于调查7至10岁儿童对PAP认知的有前景的工具。
