The Validity and Reliability of a School-Based Physical Activity Opportunities Survey

Auteurs-es

  • Gregory Rickwood University of Western Ontario
  • Viviene Temple University of Victoria
  • John Meldrum University of Victoria

Mots-clés :

Policies, Practices, school member beliefs, school environment

Résumé

This article outlines the development of a physical activity opportunities survey intended to assess perceptions of school staff and parents relative to factors associated with school-based physical activity opportunities.  A secondary aim was to construct a valid and reliable tool that would be relevant across Canadian school contexts.  Survey validity was determined through completion of the online survey by parents, teachers, and administrators from elementary, middle, and secondary schools.  Several participants agreed to take the survey a second time for reliability purposes.  Results indicated the best-fit model to be 19 items constrained by three factors: school policies and practices, school artifacts, and parent involvement in physical activity promotion.  Test-retest analysis revealed strong reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = .783, p < .05).  Therefore, the survey is a viable aid towards identifying factors in school environments that contribute to or impede the offering of school-based physical activity opportunities.


 

Cet article décrit l’élaboraton d’un sondage sur les facteurs associés aux occasions de pratique d’activité physique en milieu scolaire, à partir de la perception du personnel et des parents. Un objectif secondaire consistait à produire un outil valide et fiable qui pourrait servir à toutes les écoles canadiennes. Pour établir la validité du sondage,  des enseignants,  des administrateurs scolaires et  des parents d’écoles élémentaires, intermédiaires et secondaires ont rempli un un sondage en ligne. Plusieurs ont accepté de participer une deuxième fois au sondage pour vérifier la fiabilité. Les résultats révèlent que le modèle de sondage  le plus pertinent comporte 19 éléments constitutifs de trois facteurs : les politiques et pratiques de l’école, les artéfacts de l’école et la participation des parents à la promotion de l’activité physique. L’analyse du sondage et du sondage secondaire  indique que le degré de fiabilité est élevé (coefficient de corrélation interclasses  =  ,783, p < ,05). Le sondage constitue un outil viable pour cerner les facteurs qui contribuent positivement ou négativement à la création d’occasions de pratique d’activité physique dans un contexte scolaire.

Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Gregory Rickwood, University of Western Ontario

PhD student

Viviene Temple, University of Victoria

Associate Professor, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education

John Meldrum, University of Victoria

Assistant Professor, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
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Publié-e

2011-03-18

Numéro

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011): PHENex

Rubrique

Focus and Viewpoint / Point de mire et Point de vue

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