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Hill, Liam; Williams, Justin H. G.; Aucott, Lorna; Milne, June; Thomson, Jenny; Greig, Jessie; Munro, Val; Mon-Williams, Mark – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: To investigate whether increased physical exercise during the school day influenced subsequent cognitive performance in the classroom. Method: A randomized, crossover-design trial (two weeks in duration) was conducted in six mainstream primary schools (1224 children aged 8-11y). No data on sex was available. Children received a…
Descriptors: Exercise, Age Differences, Intervention, Psychometrics
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Raggi, Alberto; Leonardi, Matilde – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
The objective of this study was to explore to what extent the ACTIVLIM questionnaire, designed to evaluate limitations in activities involving upper and lower limbs in adults and children with neuromuscular diseases, is linked to the domains of the Activities and Participation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Disabilities, Patients, Measures (Individuals)
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Hellsten, Laurie-ann M.; Rogers, W. Todd – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2009
The purpose of this study was to collect preliminary validity evidence for a time management scale for exercise. An initial pool of 91 items was developed from existing literature. Ten exercise/health psychologists evaluated each of the items in terms of relevance and representativeness. Forty-nine items met all criteria. Exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Time Management, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Brown, Seth A. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties and relationship to physical activity levels of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (EBBS) among college students. Methods: A total of 398 college students completed the EBBS and a measure of self-efficacy, the Physical Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale. In addition, a subsample of 275 students also…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, College Students, Self Efficacy
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Marquez, David X.; McAuley, Edward; Motl, Robert W.; Elavsky, Steriani; Konopack, James F.; Jerome, Gerald J.; Kramer, Arthur F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
This study examined the validity of Geriatric Depression Scale--5 (GDS-5) scores among older sedentary adults based on its structural properties and relationship with external criteria. Participants from two samples (Ns = 185 and 93; M ages = 66 and 67 years) completed baseline assessments as part of randomized controlled exercise trials.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Geriatrics, Factor Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
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Rhodes, Ryan E.; Matheson, Deborah H.; Blanchard, Chris M. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2006
The standard response format for self-reported exercise-behavior measurement is the continuous open scale, but popular social cognitive theories use fixed graded scales, a noncorrespondent format. Benefits of using continuous open scales for social cognitive constructs include scale correspondence with the behavior measure, the potential of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Scaling, Social Cognition
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Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Michailidou, Sotiria – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2006
The development process and initial validation of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) are presented in this study. The BPNES is a domain-specific self-report instrument designed to assess perceptions of the extent to which the innate needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness (Deci & Ryan, 2000) are satisfied in…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)