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The Leisure Attitude Scale: psychometrics properties of a short version for adolescents and young adults

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Resumo:	It is crucial to study the components of attitudes to leisure because positive attitudes tend to be associated with greater engagement in leisure. The aim of this article was to develop and validate a short version of the Leisure Attitude Scale (Ragheb M. G., & Beard, J. G. (1982). Measuring leisure attitude. Journal of Leisure Research, 14(2), 155-167) and evaluate its psychometric properties. A total of 542 adolescents and young adults participated in this study. The Leisure Attitude Scale-Short Version (LASSV) showed good reliability and validity. The confirmatory factor analysis presented acceptable values and confirmed the factorial structure of Ragheb and Beard (1982).
Autores principais:	Teixeira, Ana
Outros Autores:	Freire, Teresa
Assunto:	Confirmatory factor analysis Leisure attitudes Measurement Reliability Validity Attitudes loisirs La mesure L'analyse factorielle Fiabilité Validité
Ano:	2013
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	artigo
Tipo de acesso:	acesso restrito
Instituição associada:	Universidade do Minho
Idioma:	inglês
Origem:	RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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Resumo:	It is crucial to study the components of attitudes to leisure because positive attitudes tend to be associated with greater engagement in leisure. The aim of this article was to develop and validate a short version of the Leisure Attitude Scale (Ragheb M. G., & Beard, J. G. (1982). Measuring leisure attitude. Journal of Leisure Research, 14(2), 155-167) and evaluate its psychometric properties. A total of 542 adolescents and young adults participated in this study. The Leisure Attitude Scale-Short Version (LASSV) showed good reliability and validity. The confirmatory factor analysis presented acceptable values and confirmed the factorial structure of Ragheb and Beard (1982).

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