Ribanna Aparecida Marques Braga, Ilana Nogueira Bezerra, Maria Dinara de Araújo Nogueira, Amanda de Moura Souza, Géssica de Souza Martins, Kaluce Gonçalves de Sousa Almondes, Luis Alberto Moreno, Carla Soraya Costa Maia
Cardiometabolic risk assessment: A school-based study in Brazilian adolescent
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
purpose investigation develop instrument scores valid reliable measuring students attitudes toward fitness testing method involved following steps elicitation study b item development c pilot study validation study pilot study included 427 studentcompleted instruments 3 schools pilot study data analyses conducted resulting proposed model final study participants final study 1199 students 524 boys 675 girls 13 schools thirtysix experts physical education pedagogy participants content validity study data fit model 4 factors cognitive affectiveenjoyment affectivefeelings affectiveteacher fit statistics confirmatory factor analysis indicated overall good fit data model goodness fit index gfi gfi adjusted degree freedom root mean square error approximation bentlers comparative fit index bentler bonetts normed fit index scores 892 862 080 920 910 respectively guttmancronbach alpha reliability coefficients 4 factors overall model cognitive alpha 919 affectiveenjoyment alpha 887 affectivefeelings alpha 865 affectiveteacher alpha 801 overall alpha 902 scores instrument indicate measure students attitudes toward fitness testing well therefore permit examination role attitudes play future physical activity