Assessment of Physical Activity Behavior in Adolescents Through a Self-Report Tool
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The Symposium provides undergraduates from all academic disciplines with an opportunity to share their research with the university community and other guests through conference-style oral presentations. The Symposium represents part of a larger effort of Iowa State University to enhance, support, and celebrate undergraduate research activity.
Though coordinated by the University Honors Program, all undergraduate students are eligible and encouraged to participate in the Symposium. Undergraduates conducting research but not yet ready to present their work are encouraged to attend the Symposium to learn about the presentation process and students not currently involved in research are encouraged to attend the Symposium to learn about the broad range of undergraduate research activities that are taking place at ISU.
The first Symposium was held in April 2007. The 39 students who presented research and their mentors collectively represented all of ISU's Colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business, Design, Engineering, Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate College. The event has grown to regularly include more than 100 students presenting on topics that span the broad range of disciplines studied at ISU.
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Schools routinely assess physical fitness during physical education but a key need is a tool to assist schools in analyzing physical activity behaviors. The Youth Activity Profile (YAP) is a simple 15 item selfreport questionnaire designed to make it easy for schools to capture the behaviors related to physical activity. Currently, there are two different versions of the YAP (print and online), which have been developed to accommodate various schools. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability and utility of the two versions (print and online) in three groups: 5th, 7th, and 9th grades by randomly assigning them to complete one version. The research team provided information regarding the YAP throughout completion. A study population of 356 students aged 11-15 years was obtained; the reliability analyses indicate week one YAP scores corresponded to the YAP scores reported two weeks later. In turn, the equivalence analyses followed parallel results, revealing similarities in results from both YAP versions (print and online) at the two designated data collection instances. Varying obstacles make it challenging to assess children’s physical activity behavior, however the results show the YAP can be feasibly completed during school PE to provide supplemental information regarding physical activity.