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Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Evaluation of the Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport Scale (TAPAS) Among Mainland Chinese University Students by Mohsen Saffari; I-Hua Chen; Po-Ching Huang; Kerry O’Brien; Yi-Ping Hsieh; Ji-Kang Chen; Yun-Hsuan Chang; Xingyong Jiang; Nadia Bevan; Yen-Ling Chang; Jung-Sheng Chen; Ching-Chung Tsai; Mark Griffiths; Chung-Ying Lin is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Introduction Preventative factors in young people’s physical inactivity require further understanding, including related psychosocial factors (eg, body image and weight stigma). The Tendency to Avoid Physical Activity and Sport Scale (TAPAS) is a recently developed instrument to address this issue and the present study examined its psychometric properties among Chinese university students particularly in relation to patterns across sex, physical activity (PA) level, and weight status. ## Methods Using a convenience sample of 3142 students (mean age = 19.8 years; 56% female) in mainland China, data were collected using an online survey between August and October 2022. Psychometric instruments including the Weight Bias Internalization Scale, 21-item Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, and International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form were administered along with the TAPAS to assess convergent and discriminant validity. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) assessed the measurement invariance across specific groups. ## Results The unidimensional structure of the scale was confirmed through CFA (CFI=0.995; RMSEA=0.046). All configural, metric and scalar models
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- Author
- Mohsen Saffari; I-Hua Chen; Po-Ching Huang; Kerry O’Brien; Yi-Ping Hsieh; Ji-Kang Chen; Yun-Hsuan Chang; Xingyong Jiang; Nadia Bevan; Yen-Ling Chang; Jung-Sheng Chen; Ching-Chung Tsai; Mark Griffiths; Chung-Ying Lin
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Psychology (Social Sciences)