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Design and psychometrics evaluation of Adolescent Physical Literacy Questionnaire (APLQ)
Mostafa Mohammadzadeh1,2, Mahmoud Sheikh1, Davoud Houminiyan Sharif Abadi1
1Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Purpose:
Despite the global introduction of physical literacy in recent years, a lack of a comprehensive physical literacy tool is still evident in adolescents. This study was conducted to design and perform psychometric evaluation of self-assessment adolescent physical literacy questionnaire in the Iranian sample.
Methods:
A mixed research method, including 3 phases, was used on 836 adolescents in the age range of 12-18 years old. A questionnaire with 59 items was designed based on the qualitative stage, refined during the validity and reliability stages, and finally, formed a questionnaire with 25 items.
Results:
The exploratory factor analysis showed 3 factors with an explanation of 59.5% of the total variance, and the results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 3-factor model. Results also showed good internal consistency (α = 0.951), retest reliability (0.981-0.837), and concurrent validity of the questionnaire with the PPLI instrument (0.680-0.790).
Conclusion:
The results showed good validity and reliability of the Adolescent Physical Literacy Questionnaire (APLQ) with 3 dimensions. Therefore, it can be a suitable tool to assess adolescent physical literacy.
Supplementary Information:
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11332-021-00818-8.
