Katie E. Gunnell|Patricia E. Longmuir|Joel D. Barnes|Kevin Belanger|Mark S. Tremblay
Refining the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy based on theory and factor analyses
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
canadian assessment physical literacy capl 25indicator assessment tool comprising four domains physical literacy 1 physical competence 2 daily behaviour 3 motivation confidence 4 knowledge understanding purpose study reexamine factor structure capl scores relative weight domain overall physical literacy factor goal maximize content representation reduce construct irrelevant variance participant burden inform development capl2 revised shorter theoretically stronger version caplcanadian children n 10034 mage 106 sd 12 501 girls completed capl testing one time point confirmatory factor analysis usedbased weak factor loadings 032 conceptual alignment removed body mass index waist circumference sitandreach flexibility grip strength indicators physical competence based factor loading 035 conceptual alignment removed screen time indicator daily behaviour reduce redundancy removed childrens activity compared children indicator motivation confidence based low factor loadings 035 conceptual alignment removed knowledge screen time guidelines means healthy improve fitness activity preferences physical activity safety gear indicators knowledge understanding domain final refined capl model comprised 14 indicators fourfactor correlated model fit data well r ranged 008 076 albeit unexpected crossloading daily behaviour knowledge physical activity guidelines mean varianceadjusted weighted least square wlsmv 270 122129 p 0001 comparative fit index cfi 0947 root mean square error approximation rmsea 00410039 0043 finally higherorder model physical literacy factor indicators physical competence 068 daily behaviour 091 motivation confidence 080 knowledge understanding 021 fit data wellthe scores revised much shorter 14indicator model capl used assess four correlated domains physical literacy andor higherorder aggregate physical literacy factor results investigation inform development capl2