Revising the motivation and confidence domain of the Canadian assessment of physical literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Motivation and Confidence domain questionnaire in the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) was lengthy (36 single items that aggregate to five subscales), and thus burdensome to both participants and practitioners. The purpose of this study was to use factor analysis to refine the Motivation and Confidence domain to be used in the CAPL-Second Edition (CAPL-2).

Methods

Children, primarily recruited through free-of-charge summer day camps (n = 205, M_age = 9.50 years, SD = 1.14, 50.7% girls), completed the CAPL-2 protocol, and two survey versions of the Motivation and Confidence questionnaire. Survey 1 contained the Motivation and Confidence questionnaire items from the original CAPL, whereas Survey 2 contained a battery of items informed by

SUBMITTER: Gunnell KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature