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The Use of FITNESSGRAM® in PETE: Is It Appropriate?
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Blackshear, Tara B. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2022
Many physical education teacher education (PETE) programs have adopted FITNESSGRAM® as the preferred method to assess teacher candidate fitness levels. The rationale, however, is unclear. This article presents fitness testing results of PETE candidates using FITNESSGRAM® with the aim to evaluate its appropriateness. 86 PETE students participated…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Physical Fitness, Preservice Teachers
Motion Sensor Reactivity in Physically Active Young Adults
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Behrens, Timothy K.; Dinger, Mary K. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine whether young adults changed their physical activity (PA) behavior when wearing motion sensors. PA patterns of 119 young adults (M age = 20.82 years, SD = 1.50, M body mass index = 23.93 kg/m[superscript 2] , SD = 4.05) were assessed during 2 consecutive weeks. In Week 1, participants wore an accelerometer.…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Activities, Young Adults, Motion
Anthropometric Evaluations of Body Composition of Undergraduate Students at the University of La Reunion
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Tarnus, Evelyne; Bourdon, Emmanuel – Advances in Physiology Education, 2006
A positive correlation is well established between obesity and the susceptibility to develop metabolic syndrome, a multifactorial disease dramatically associated with an enhanced mortality risk in the developed world. A high prevalence of obesity has recently been described at La Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Laboratories, Physical Activity Level, Obesity
Do Items that Measure Self-Perceived Physical Appearance Function Differentially across Gender Groups? An Application of the MACS Model
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Gonzalez-Roma, Vicente; Tomas, Ines; Ferreres, Doris; Hernandez, Ana – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
The aims of this study were to investigate whether the 6 items of the Physical Appearance Scale (Marsh, Richards, Johnson, Roche, & Tremayne, 1994) show differential item functioning (DIF) across gender groups of adolescents, and to show how this can be done using the multigroup mean and covariance structure (MG-MACS) analysis model. Two samples…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Self Concept, Gender Differences, Adolescents
Construct Validity Evidence for Single-Response Items to Estimate Physical Activity Levels in Large Sample Studies
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Jackson, Allen W.; Morrow, James R., Jr.; Bowles, Heather R.; FitzGerald, Shannon J.; Blair, Steven N. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Valid measurement of physical activity is important for studying the risks for morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of construct validity of two similar single-response items assessing physical activity via self-report. Both items are based on the stages of change model. The sample was 687 participants (men =…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Construct Validity, Guidelines
Evaluating the Convergence of Muscle Appearance Attitude Measures
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Cafri, Guy; Thompson, J. Kevin – Assessment, 2004
There has been growing interest in the assessment of a muscular appearance. Given the importance of assessing muscle appearance attitudes, the aim of this study was to explore the convergence of the Drive for Muscularity Scale, Somatomorphic Matrix, Contour Drawing Rating Scale, Male Figure Drawings, and the Muscularity Rating Scale. Participants…
Descriptors: Human Body, Attitude Measures, Test Validity, Rating Scales