An analysis into the structure, validity and reliability of the Children’s Atti...

• Author(s): Campos, Maria João ; Ferreira, José Pedro
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/21306
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): CAIPE-R; Escala; Atitudes; Populações especiais
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The main purpose of this research is to test the validity and reliability of the revised version of the Children’s Attitudes towards Integrated Physical Education-revised – CAIPE-R (Block, 1995), using confirmatory factor analysis and to assess the cut-off values for the hypothesized theoretical model. Participants were 683 middle school students without disabilities, (n=316 females and n=367 males, between 11 and 16 years, mean age 13.31 ± 1.10). The CAIPE-R measures students‘ attitudes toward including students with a disability in general physical education (GPE). This instrument measures global attitudes and is composed by two subscales: general attitude toward inclusion in physical education and attitudes toward sport-specific modifications. The Cronbach alpha (α) values for the two dimensions are 0,72 and 0,48 respectively. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a slightly different factorial organization with a small number of cross loadings. The internal consistency and the validity of the CAIPE-R have been adequately tested, replying consistently the original structure presented by Block (1995). Results points out that the Portuguese version of the CAIPE-R is a valid instrument to assess attitudes of students without disabilities toward including peers with disabilities in their GPE classes. Further research is needed in order to establish the validity and reliability of the CAIPE-R with other groups in order to extend detailed validity of the instrument to other populations.