OBJECTIVE The current study examined the psychometric properties and validity of the Multidimensional Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale (MOEES) in a sample of older adults with physical and functional comorbidities. METHODS Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the hypothesized 3-factor model in 108 older adults (M age 85 yr) residing in continuing-care retirement communities...

The aim of this research has been to help improve the performance evaluation of physical education teachers by identifying factors involved in such a task and exploring their relevance through a survey of such teachers in Tehran. A cluster sample of 384 physical education teachers was selected from among all such teachers in Tehran’s 19 districts divided into five geographic areas. Data was col...

Outcome expectations, an important element of social cognitive theory, have been associated with physical activity in older adults. Yet, the measurement of this construct has often adopted a unidimensional approach. We examined the validity of a theoretically consistent three-factor (physical, social, and self-evaluative) outcome expectations exercise scale in middle-aged and older adults (N = ...

conclusions exercise test performance was affected by lower quality of life and lower physical activity after lt. with the exception of hypertension, well known factors that affect the risk of coronary artery disease had no effect on the exercise test results. objectives this study examined potential relationships between physical activity, health-related quality of life (hrqol), risk factors f...

BACKGROUND The SF-36 and SF-12 summary scores were derived using an uncorrelated (orthogonal) factor solution. We estimate SF-36 and SF-12 summary scores using a correlated (oblique) physical and mental health factor model. METHODS We administered the SF-36 to 7,093 patients who received medical care from an independent association of 48 physician groups in the western United States. Correlat...

The Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) is widely used to measure self-evaluations in the physical domain and its validity has been supported in a wide range of samples. The purpose of this research was to examine the factor structure of PSPP and its factorial invariance across gender. Participants were 315 (131 males, 184 females) college students. Exploratory factor analyses showed that P...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of this population-based study was to determine if arterial stiffness is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor clustering and physical activity in youth 12-14 years old. We hypothesized that arterial stiffness would be positively associated with CVD risk factor clustering and negatively associated with physical activity in a dose-response manner in ...