TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical literacy in children and youth - a construct validation study
AU - Cairney, John
AU - Clark, Heather
AU - Dudley, Dean
AU - Kriellaars, Dean
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: Physical literacy (PL) has been proposed as a key construct for understanding participation in physical activity. However, the lack of an agreed-upon definition and measure has hindered research on the topic. The current study proposed and analyzed the construct validity of a PL model comprised of motor competence, perceived competence, motivation, and enjoyment. Method: The authors tested three different models in two samples: Grade 5 (N = 1,448) and Grade 7 students (N = 698). Results: The PL construct was best represented as a hierarchical model in both the Grade 5, X 2 (295) = 791.90, p < .001; root mean square error of approximation = .035; and comparative-fit index = .97, and the Grade 7 samples, X 2 (295) = 557.21, p < .001; root mean square error of approximation = .036; and comparative-fit index = .98, samples. Discussion: Future work is needed to design and evaluate a PL measure consistent with our model. Such work will help generate further research and understanding of PL.
AB - Purpose: Physical literacy (PL) has been proposed as a key construct for understanding participation in physical activity. However, the lack of an agreed-upon definition and measure has hindered research on the topic. The current study proposed and analyzed the construct validity of a PL model comprised of motor competence, perceived competence, motivation, and enjoyment. Method: The authors tested three different models in two samples: Grade 5 (N = 1,448) and Grade 7 students (N = 698). Results: The PL construct was best represented as a hierarchical model in both the Grade 5, X 2 (295) = 791.90, p < .001; root mean square error of approximation = .035; and comparative-fit index = .97, and the Grade 7 samples, X 2 (295) = 557.21, p < .001; root mean square error of approximation = .036; and comparative-fit index = .98, samples. Discussion: Future work is needed to design and evaluate a PL measure consistent with our model. Such work will help generate further research and understanding of PL.
KW - bifactor model
KW - hierarchical model
KW - structural equation modeling
KW - single-factor model
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U2 - 10.1123/jtpe.2018-0270
DO - 10.1123/jtpe.2018-0270
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065473392
SN - 0273-5024
VL - 38
SP - 84
EP - 90
JO - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
JF - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
IS - 2
ER -