Item response modeling: a psychometric assessment of the children’s fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity self-efficacy scales among Chinese children

Item response modeling: a psychometric assessment of the children’s fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity self-efficacy scales among Chinese children

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of four self-efficacy scales (i.e., self-efficacy for fruit (FSE), vegetable (VSE), and water (WSE) intakes, and physical activity (PASE)) and to investigate their differences in item functioning across sex, age, and body w...

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Main Authors: Jing-Jing Wang, Tzu-An Chen, Tom Baranowski, Patrick W.C. Lau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Subjects:
Self-efficacy
Eating behaviors
Physical activity
Item response modeling
Differential item functioning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-017-0584-x

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