The purpose of this study was to address contact theory as the theoretical basis of the Paralympic School Day (PSD) disability awareness program using a newly created fidelity of implementation instrument (fidelity criteria) to measure a single construct (contact theory), seeking to control and explain the manner in which PSD satisfied the four components of contact theory. Participants were 145 sixth-grade students who took part in PSD. Results determined that the PSD intervention supported the four theoretical components of contact theory, with statistically significant differences in student responses across all four indicators (p < .001). In addition, results determined that the fidelity criteria had strong test–retest reliability with internal consistency that was strong across time points (r = .829; p < .001). Results also determined that the four indicators of the instrument measured a single construct (one indicator significant at the p ≤ .01 level and three indicators significant at the p ≤ .001 level), thus, determining strong construct validity.
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Fidelity Criteria Development: Aligning Paralympic School Day With Contact Theory
Cathy McKay, Jung Yeon Park, and Martin Block
Development of the Sport Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (Sport MHC-SF)
Brian J. Foster and Graig M. Chow
by Dunn, Bouffard, and Rogers ( 1999 ) regarding item-content relevance in sport psychology scale construction. The total of six raters met the recommendation of Lynn ( 1986 ) that a minimum of five raters be included in item development. Five of the six raters had previous experience with item and
Public Perceptions of the Societal Impact of Elite Sport: Scale Development and Testing
Jens De Rycke, Veerle De Bosscher, Hiroaki Funahashi, and Popi Sotiriadou
winter sports. Related to the legitimization of elite sport investment, the Flemish elite sport policy makes it explicit that the aim is to generate positive societal impacts. 3 Scale Development Scale construction began by developing measurement items based on the 79 subcategories from the theoretical
The Perceived Motor Competence Questionnaire in Childhood (PMC-C)
Dennis Dreiskaemper, Till Utesch, and Maike Tietjens
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In Every End, There Is Also a Beginning: Experiences of Career Transitions Through Sport
Christine Nash and Melissa Thompson
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Physical Activity in a Low-Income Sample in Texas
Nalini Ranjit, David J. Badillo, Deanna M. Hoelscher, Sarah Macias, Alejandra Gonzalez, and Anna V. Wilkinson
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Developing an Applied Profile for Assessing the Perceived Effectiveness of Athletes’ Psychological Strategies: A Case Study at the Australian Institute of Sport
Umut Doğan
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Pedagogical Practices Among Teachers of Different Demographics and Dispositions Toward Change: Results of a Multi-Region Survey of U.S. Physical Educators
Ben D. Kern, Wesley J. Wilson, Paul Malinowski, and Tristan Wallhead
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The Impact of Participation in an Outdoor Education Program on Physical Education Teacher Education Student Self-Efficacy to Teach Outdoor Education
Kate Hovey, Diana Niland, and John T. Foley
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