Measurement of Children's Real-Time Physical Activity Enjoyment Using a New Visual Analog Scale

• Published in: Journal of physical activity & health Vol. 16; no. 6; p. 406
• Main Authors: Howe, Cheryl A, Clevenger, Kimberly A, McElhiney, Danielle, Mihalic, Camille, Ragan, Moira A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Emotions; Exercise; Female; Happiness; Humans; Male; Reproducibility of Results; Sports - physiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Visual Analog Scale; free play; state enjoyment; trait enjoyment; youth

: This study validated the How(e) Happy Scale (HHS) for measuring children's real-time physical activity (PA) enjoyment across PA type, intensity, sex, and weight status and compared state versus trait enjoyment. : Children's (N = 31; 9.7 [1.7] y) PA intensity was measured during sport, pl...