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Reliability And Validity Of The Turkish Version Of The Physical Activity Questionnaire For Older Children (Paq-C), Leyla Erdi̇m, Ayşe Ergün, Sema Kuğuoğlu
Reliability And Validity Of The Turkish Version Of The Physical Activity Questionnaire For Older Children (Paq-C), Leyla Erdi̇m, Ayşe Ergün, Sema Kuğuoğlu
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) is one of the most frequently used questionnaires for evaluating moderate to vigorous levels of physical activity in children. However, a Turkish version of the questionnaire was not available. This study aimed to create a Turkish version of the PAQ-C and examine its psychometric characteristics and factor structure.Materials and methods: The study was conducted with 784 primary school students (ages 9-14 years). The PAQ-C was examined for content and construct validity and analyzed in terms of reliability. Content validity was evaluated with the content validity index (CVI), construct validity, exploratory factor analysis …