Global Child Physical Activity Questionnaire Validation Materials

Supplementary files support a content validation study for a physical activity questionnaire across 15 countries. Materials include expert survey results and cognitive interview data from 250 child-parent dyads, authored by Richard Larouche and published in 2026. The 35.2 MB collection contains PDF documents and MP4 video files.

Use Cases

• Analyze expert survey feedback on questionnaire domains like school, chores, and transport to refine question wording.
• Review cognitive interview transcripts to identify where children struggled with concepts like activity duration or intensity.
• Compare participant suggestions across 13 languages to improve cultural relevance of generic activity images.
• Evaluate differences in comprehension between adolescent (12-17 years) and child (8-11 years) age groups for specific question items.

Strengths

• Validation involved 62 physical activity experts from 24 countries.
• Includes feedback from 250 child-parent dyads across 15 countries.
• Interviews conducted in 13 different languages, enhancing cultural representation.

Limitations

• Dataset is 35.2 MB, containing supplementary files rather than a primary analysis dataset.
• No structured, machine-readable data tables (e.g., CSV) are indicated; primary formats are PDF and MP4.
• Sample size per country for cognitive interviews was small, ranging from 10 to 40 dyads.

Provenance

Source

Figshare, authored by Richard Larouche.

Collection Method

Data gathered via online expert surveys and structured cognitive interviews with child-parent dyads.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

15 countries across 6 continents, including Aotearoa New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Malawi, and Sweden.