Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children
Physical activity data in primary school-aged children are limited in Vietnam. Although tools to measure social ecological influences on physical activity are validated in English, they are not available in Vietnamese. Due to cultural and contextual differences, their psychometric properties need to...
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| author | Quyen G. To Danielle Gallegos Dung V. Do Hanh TM. Tran Kien G. To Lee Wharton Stewart G. Trost |
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| description | Physical activity data in primary school-aged children are limited in Vietnam. Although tools to measure social ecological influences on physical activity are validated in English, they are not available in Vietnamese. Due to cultural and contextual differences, their psychometric properties need to be tested. Five scales were translated into Vietnamese and evaluated for internal consistency and test re-test reliability, including self-efficacy, perceived social influences, and beliefs self-administered by students, and parental support for physical activity and parental perceived safety of the neighbourhood, self-administered by parents. Compared to the original scales, two items from the parental perceived neighbourhood safety were removed due to the cultural context. Another item of the self-efficacy scale was also removed as it correlated poorly with the other items in the scale at both administrations. The adjusted scales were found to be reliable and appropriate for use among students and parents to measure social ecological influences on physical activity in the Vietnamese context. Keywords: Physical activity, Exercise, Social ecological influence, Ho Chi Minh city, Elementary school |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e68fbb7be18b4fc4a0ab8aae386ab7c82022-12-21T18:12:34ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Sports Medicine and Health Science2666-33762019-12-01114043Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese childrenQuyen G. To0Danielle Gallegos1Dung V. Do2Hanh TM. Tran3Kien G. To4Lee Wharton5Stewart G. Trost6School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Corresponding author. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaSchool of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation at QLD Centre for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaFaculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNutrition Center, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamSchool of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaSchool of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation at QLD Centre for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaPhysical activity data in primary school-aged children are limited in Vietnam. Although tools to measure social ecological influences on physical activity are validated in English, they are not available in Vietnamese. Due to cultural and contextual differences, their psychometric properties need to be tested. Five scales were translated into Vietnamese and evaluated for internal consistency and test re-test reliability, including self-efficacy, perceived social influences, and beliefs self-administered by students, and parental support for physical activity and parental perceived safety of the neighbourhood, self-administered by parents. Compared to the original scales, two items from the parental perceived neighbourhood safety were removed due to the cultural context. Another item of the self-efficacy scale was also removed as it correlated poorly with the other items in the scale at both administrations. The adjusted scales were found to be reliable and appropriate for use among students and parents to measure social ecological influences on physical activity in the Vietnamese context. Keywords: Physical activity, Exercise, Social ecological influence, Ho Chi Minh city, Elementary schoolhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666337619300010 |
| spellingShingle | Quyen G. To Danielle Gallegos Dung V. Do Hanh TM. Tran Kien G. To Lee Wharton Stewart G. Trost Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children Sports Medicine and Health Science |
| title | Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children |
| title_short | Psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure social ecological influences in Vietnamese children |
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