PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF A SCALE TO MEASURE ATTITUDES REGARDING THEIMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELING IN PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY AND FITNESS BEHAVIORS AMONG HEALTH, PHYSICAL-EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND DANCE PROFESSIONALS

Authors
CARDINAL BJ CARDINAL MK DRABBS ME KRAUSE JV MADDALOZZO JGF MARTIN JJ MELVILLE DS SINGLETON SP
Citation
Bj. Cardinal et al., PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF A SCALE TO MEASURE ATTITUDES REGARDING THEIMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELING IN PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY AND FITNESS BEHAVIORS AMONG HEALTH, PHYSICAL-EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND DANCE PROFESSIONALS, Perceptual and motor skills, 86(2), 1998, pp. 627-630
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
86
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
627 - 630
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1998)86:2<627:PDOAST>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This paper presents a new 16-item scale designed to measure attitudes regarding the importance of role modeling in physical activity and fit ness behaviors among Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance professionals. The measure was reviewed for face validity by a panel of experts and preliminary analyses gave as Cronbach alpha of .95 and split-half reliability of .97 for 22 graduate students.