Ghaleb H Alnahdi
Rasch Validation of the Arabic Version of the Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes Toward Children With Handicaps (CATCH-AR) Scale
Frontiers in psychology
purpose model physical activityrelated health competence pahco provides integrative interdisciplinary view competencies necessary people want lead healthy physically active lifestyle given need accumulate potential evidence validity model development assessment tool goal present study extend first measurement models pahco method study 1 measurement model five predictors pahco tested 341 copd patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation study 2 data 745 apprentices used create extended eightfactor measurement model undertook reliability analysis confirmatory factor analysis cfa structural equation modeling sem assess validity models results analyses showed good results reliability discriminant validity factors accordingly cfa demonstrated satisfactory overall fits fivefactor well extended eightfactor measurement model associations physical activity physical health parameters indicated criterion validity seven eight pahco factors explained variance multivariate models lay 98 104 study 1 95 213 study 2 conclusion present study possible extract wellfitting eightfactor measurement model accumulate evidence validity pahco model future research strive crossvalidation measurement model deeply investigate internal structure eight factors