Javier Molina-García1, Ana Queralt2, Isaac Estevan3, Octavio Álvarez4, Isabel Castillo4. 1. Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universitat de València, Valencia, España; AFIPS (Activitat Física i Promoció de la Salut) Research Group, University of Valencia, Valencia, España. Electronic address: javier.molina@uv.es. 2. AFIPS (Activitat Física i Promoció de la Salut) Research Group, University of Valencia, Valencia, España; Departamento de Enfermería, Universitat de València, Valencia, España. 3. Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universitat de València, Valencia, España; AFIPS (Activitat Física i Promoció de la Salut) Research Group, University of Valencia, Valencia, España. 4. AFIPS (Activitat Física i Promoció de la Salut) Research Group, University of Valencia, Valencia, España; Departamento de Psicología Social, Universitat de València, Valencia, España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the reliability and validity of a scale to measure perceived barriers to active commuting to school among Spanish young people. METHOD: The validity of the scale was assessed in a sample of 465 adolescents (14-18 years) using a confirmatory factor analysis and studying its association with self-reported active commuting to school. The reliability of the instrument was evaluated in a sub-sample that completed the scale twice separated by a one-week interval. RESULTS: The results showed that the barriers scale had satisfactory fit indices, and two factors were determined. The first included environment- and safety-related items (α=0.72), while the other concerned planning and psychosocial items (α=0.64). Active commuting to school showed significant correlations with the total score of the barriers scale (rho=-0.27; p <0.001), with the environmental/safety barriers (rho=-0.22; p <0.001), as well as with the planning/psychosocial barriers (rho=-0.29; p <0.001). Test-retest ICCs for the barriers ranged from 0.68 to 0.77. CONCLUSION: The developed scale has acceptable validity and good reliability to assess barriers to active commuting to school among Spanish young people.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the reliability and validity of a scale to measure perceived barriers to active commuting to school among Spanish young people. METHOD: The validity of the scale was assessed in a sample of 465 adolescents (14-18 years) using a confirmatory factor analysis and studying its association with self-reported active commuting to school. The reliability of the instrument was evaluated in a sub-sample that completed the scale twice separated by a one-week interval. RESULTS: The results showed that the barriers scale had satisfactory fit indices, and two factors were determined. The first included environment- and safety-related items (α=0.72), while the other concerned planning and psychosocial items (α=0.64). Active commuting to school showed significant correlations with the total score of the barriers scale (rho=-0.27; p <0.001), with the environmental/safety barriers (rho=-0.22; p <0.001), as well as with the planning/psychosocial barriers (rho=-0.29; p <0.001). Test-retest ICCs for the barriers ranged from 0.68 to 0.77. CONCLUSION: The developed scale has acceptable validity and good reliability to assess barriers to active commuting to school among Spanish young people.
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