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Self-efficacy and enjoyment of physical activity in children: factorial validity of two pictorial scales.
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- Understanding the Benefits of Brief Classroom-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Primary School-Aged Children's Enjoyment and Subjective Wellbeing: A Systematic Review.The Journal of school health · 2022Pooled it
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- Association between fundamental movement skills and weekday/weekend physical activity among preschool children in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Differential Effects of Individually Adapted Challenge-Oriented Heidelberg Ballschule Activities Versus Static Version on Motor Competence and Affective Engagement in 9-11-Year-Old Female Children.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- The prevalence and determinants of physical activity in secondary Vietnamese students: a hierarchical analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Children's active school transportation: an international scoping review of psychosocial factors.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Identifying data gaps in early childhood physical activity evidence.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Physiological Responses to Active Video Games Compared to Treadmill Walking and TV Watching in Obese Children and Adolescents.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- Gaelic4Girls-The Effectiveness of a 10-Week Multicomponent Community Sports-Based Physical Activity Intervention for 8 to 12-Year-Old Girls.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical Activity and Physical Competence in Overweight and Obese Children: An Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-efficacy and enjoyment are two main constructs proposed within many motivational theories in any human endeavor, sport and physical activity included.
methodsThe purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of two pictorial scales measuring self-efficacy and enjoyment levels in a sample of 14,035 Italian schoolchildren (7,075 boys and 6,960 girls, 6- to 7-year-olds). An important feature of the two scales is that they are in a pictorial format in order to prompt a straightforward understanding in children. The whole sample was randomly split in two subsamples according to gender and age and the factor structure of the measures was examined across subsamples.
resultsData were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis, which yielded satisfactory fit indices on the measures of both subsamples. Overall findings supported the single factor structure of the scales, which can be easily administered to 6- to 7-year-old children to assess two relevant psychological constructs in physical education.
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