Development and Psychometric Testing of a Physical Activity Parenting Practices Questionnaire for Chinese Youth

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 PEDIATRICS

Child Care Health and Development Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI:10.1111/cch.70106

Youjie Zhang, Ruohong Cao, Yana Ma

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Abstract

Background

Ensuring consistency in both conceptualization and operationalization of physical activity parenting practices is vital for translating insights on parental influences into effective intervention. This study aimed to develop a psychometrically sound measure for comprehensively assessing Chinese parents' parenting practices regarding early adolescents' physical activity.

Methods

A total of 70 measurement items were developed from translating, adapting and revising the Physical Activity Parenting Practice (PAPP) item bank. Content validity was assessed via consultation with 10 experts and cognitive interviews with six 7th graders. The psychometric properties assessed included structural validity via exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, predictive validity against adolescent-reported physical activity levels and test–retest reliability of construct scores over 2 weeks. The sample comprised 725 adolescents aged 12–15 years, of whom 114 completed the survey twice, 2 weeks apart.

Results

Eight PAPP constructs from the control, structure and autonomy support domains were identified forming a set of 49 measurement items. The structure within each domain demonstrated good model fit and comparable alignment with the international conceptual framework. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients of each construct ranged from 0.70 to 0.90. Five construct scores had significant positive associations with adolescents' physical activity levels (β ranged from 0.14 to 0.43, p < 0.001). Test–retest construct scores generated moderate to large correlations with coefficients ranging from 0.60 to 0.80.

Conclusion

Psychometric testing supported the reliability and validity of the physical activity parenting practice questionnaire for Chinese youth (CYPAPP). This culturally adapted measure would enable cross-cultural comparisons to better understand parental influences on adolescents' physical activity.

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中国青少年体育活动父母教养行为问卷的编制与心理测试

背景：确保体育活动育儿实践的概念化和操作化的一致性对于将父母影响的见解转化为有效的干预措施至关重要。本研究旨在开发一种心理测量学上健全的测量方法，以全面评估中国父母对早期青少年体育活动的养育实践。方法通过翻译、改编、修订《体育活动育儿实践》（PAPP）题库，编制70个测量项目。通过咨询10位专家和对6名七年级学生的认知访谈来评估内容效度。评估的心理测量属性包括探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析的结构效度，内部一致性，对青少年报告的身体活动水平的预测效度和建构分数在2周内的重测信度。样本包括725名12-15岁的青少年，其中114名完成了两次调查，间隔2周。结果从控制域、结构域和自主支持域共识别出8个PAPP构式，共包含49个测量项目。每个领域内的结构都显示出良好的模型拟合和国际概念框架的可比性。每个构式的Cronbach’s alpha系数在0.70 ~ 0.90之间。5个构式得分与青少年身体活动水平有显著正相关（β范围为0.14 ~ 0.43,p < 0.001）。测试-重测结构得分与系数从0.60到0.80产生中等到较大的相关性。结论心理测量测试支持中国青少年体育活动父母教养实践问卷的信度和效度。这种适应文化的措施将使跨文化比较能够更好地了解父母对青少年体育活动的影响。

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Child Care Health and Development 医学-小儿科

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3.40

自引率

5.30%

发文量

136

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Child: care, health and development is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes papers dealing with all aspects of the health and development of children and young people. We aim to attract quantitative and qualitative research papers relevant to people from all disciplines working in child health. We welcome studies which examine the effects of social and environmental factors on health and development as well as those dealing with clinical issues, the organization of services and health policy. We particularly encourage the submission of studies related to those who are disadvantaged by physical, developmental, emotional and social problems. The journal also aims to collate important research findings and to provide a forum for discussion of global child health issues.