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Table 5 Inter-correlations between perceived personal, social and environmental correlates and alpha estimates

From: Cross-cultural, age and gender validation of a computerised questionnaire measuring personal, social and environmental associations with children's physical activity: the European Youth Heart Study

Correlates

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

α

1. Enjoyment

-

0.30**

0.17**

0.21**

0.31**

0.17**

0.28**

0.32**

0.09**

0.01

0.12**

0.57 (0.51–0.62)

2. Perceived competence

 

-

0.16**

0.09**

0.18**

0.01

0.16**

0.17**

0.16**

-0.08**

-0.05**

0.33 (0.30–0.41)

3. Parental support

  

-

0.37**

0.37**

0.26**

0.17**

0.12**

0.10**

0.11**

0.15**

0.63 (0.57–0.67)

4. Parental encouragement

   

-

0.31**

0.27**

0.16**

0.17**

0.08**

0.02

0.12**

0.50 (0.45–0.53)#

5. Social support from friends

    

-

0.29**

0.24**

0.16**

0.20**

0.06**

0.13**

0.76 (0.73–0.79)

6. Teacher social support

     

-

0.12**

0.05*

-0.05

0.15**

0.14**

0.68 (0.63–0.67)

7. Social outcome expectations

      

-

0.48**

0.09**

0.10**

0.10**

0.55 (0.44–0.65)

8. Functional outcome expectations

       

-

0.12**

-0.01*

0.09**

0.58 (0.52–0.66)

9. Opportunity

        

-

-0.16**

0.02

0.44 (0.12–0.57)

10. Facility

         

-

0.22**

0.20 (0.08–0.29)#

11. Licence

          

-

0.45 (0.25–0.54)#

  1. Note: ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) α range between countries in parenthesis # inter-correlations for two-item measures