Reliability and Validity of the PLAY fun Tool with Children and Youth in Northern Canada

摘要

The reliability and validity of the PLAY fun and PLAY basic tools were assessed. The PLAY fun, PLAY basic, Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (CAMSA) obstacle course, and Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) were administered to children (aged 8-14 years) in two remote Canadian communities. Inter-rater reliability of the PLAY fun and PLAY basic were good-to-excellent for average measures and moderate-to-good for single measures. The PLAY fun subscales were poor-to-excellent for average and single measures. The internal consistency of the PLAY fun tool was good, PlAY basic was poor-to-good, and the individual subscales were poor-to-good. Convergent validity was moderate-to-large for the PLAY tools and CAMSA obstacle course, and small-to-moderate for the PLAY tools and the PAQ-C, and small-to-moderate for the PLAY tools and age. For children and youth in northern Canada, the motor competence aspect of physical literacy is most accurately assessed using the complete PLAY fun tool and two raters.