BACKGROUND Psychosocial factors have been related to physical activity (PA) and are used to evaluate mediation in PA interventions. METHODS Brief theory-based psychosocial scales were compiled from existing measures and evaluated. Study 1 assessed factor structure and construct validity with self-reported PA and accelerometry in overweight/obese men (N = 441) and women (N = 401). Study 2 asse...

the aim of the present study was to determine the validity and reliability of the movement assessment battery for children test (m-abc test) for 6-year-old children of isfahan city.  306 children participated in the study. inter-rater reliability of the m-abc test was estimated using two trained observers with 50 children. test–retest reliability was assessed using 30 children with a one-week i...

conclusions this study provided evidence regarding the reliability and validity of the iranian male adolescent outcome expectation about leisure time physical activity (imao-pac) and illustrated that this new questionnaire can be used to measure the perceived exercise benefits among target group in observational and interventional studies. background outcome expectation (oe) is known as a psych...