Document Type
Article
Abstract
Youth with visual impairments (VI) often experience unique barriers to physical activity (PA) compared to their sighted peers (Armstrong et al., 2018). A psychometrically sound scale for assessing barriers to PA for youth with VI is needed to facilitate research. The purpose of this paper was to confirm the ability of the previously identified three-factor structure of the Physical Activity Barriers Questionnaire for youth with Visual Impairments (PABQ-VI) to produce scores considered to be valid and reliable (Armstrong et al., 2020; Armstrong et al., 2018) that perform equally well across age, VI severity, and gender. Our results supported the three-factor structure and that the PABQ-VI produces scores considered valid and reliable. Mean, variance, and correlation differences were found in personal, social, and environmental barriers for age and VI severity, but not gender. Researchers can use the PABQ-VI to test and evaluate ways to reduce barriers for this population.
Disciplines
Accessibility | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Kinesiology
Recommended Citation
Martin, Jeffrey J.; Snapp, Erin E.; Moore, E. Whitney G.; Lieberman, Lauren J.; Armstrong, Ellen; and Mannella, Staci, "Factor Structure of the Barriers to Physical Activity Scale for Youth with Visual Impairments" (2021). Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies. 82.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/coe_khs/82
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Comments
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2021 (ahead of print). © Human Kinetics, Inc.