Assessment for Brazilian Children’s Physical Literacy tools: content validity, feasibility, and reliability

Anderson Henry Pereira Feitoza; Ariane Brito Diniz Santos; Paulo Cesar Wauthier Soares; Albert Lucas Olinto Tertuliano; Suedem Andrade Milani; Cleverton Jose Farias de Souza; Alessandro Hervaldo Nicolai Ré; Maria Teresa Cattuzzo

doi:10.6063/motricidade.33856

Assessment for Brazilian Children’s Physical Literacy tools: content validity, feasibility, and reliability

Authors

Anderson Henry Pereira Feitoza Higher School of Physical Education, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Ariane Brito Diniz Santos Higher School of Physical Education, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Paulo Cesar Wauthier Soares Higher School of Physical Education, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-2202
Albert Lucas Olinto Tertuliano Higher School of Physical Education, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2741-9716
Suedem Andrade Milani School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Cleverton Jose Farias de Souza Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy at the University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
Alessandro Hervaldo Nicolai Ré School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8809-1688
Maria Teresa Cattuzzo University of Pernambuco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-1211

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.33856

Keywords:

motor behaviour, lifespan development, physical activity, health, Physical Education, psychometry

Abstract

Physical literacy is a phenomenon that has the potential to improve our engagement in an active life. However, there are no appropriate and validated instruments for the Brazilian context. This study aimed to present the Assessment for Brazilian Children’s Physical Literacy tools and evaluate their content validity, reliability, and feasibility. Five instruments — the Perception of Motor Competence Scale and Confidence Scale for Involvement in Physical Activity (affective domain), the Sedentary Behavior Scale and Organized Physical Activity Questionnaire (behavioral domain), and the Scale of Knowledge and Understanding of Physical Activity (comprehension domain) — were tested for content validity with a panel of 19 judges (Delphi method). The Content Validity Coefficient (> .8) confirmed the validity for all instruments; subsequently, schoolchildren aged 8 to 13 years (n = 19) answered the instruments. Correlations confirmed the tools’ reliability (good to excellent); feasibility results ranged from good to excellent. These Assessment for Brazilian Children’s Physical Literacy tools proved to be valid, reliable, and feasible for this Brazilian sample.

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2025-08-01

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Anderson Henry Pereira Feitoza, Ariane Brito Diniz Santos, Paulo Cesar Wauthier Soares, Albert Lucas Olinto Tertuliano, Suedem Andrade Milani, Cleverton Jose Farias de Souza, … Cattuzzo, M. T. (2025). Assessment for Brazilian Children’s Physical Literacy tools: content validity, feasibility, and reliability. Motricidade, 21, e33856. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.33856

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