Differential item functioning for the Tendency of Avoiding Physical Activity and Sport Scale across two subculture samples: Taiwanese and mainland Chinese university students

Chia Wei Fan, Po Ching Huang, I. Hua Chen, Yu Ting Huang, Jung Sheng Chen, Xavier C.C. Fung, Ji Kang Chen, Yung Ning Yang, Kerry S. O'Brien, Chung Ying Lin, Mark D. Griffiths

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Aims: The aims of the study were to examine the differential item functioning (DIF) of the Tendency of Avoiding Physical Activity and Sport Scale (TAPAS) among three subgroups (gender, weight status, and region) and to test the construct and concurrent validities of the scale. Methods: Using an online survey, university students (608 Taiwanese and 2319 mainland Chinese) completed the TAPAS. Rasch analysis examined if all the 10 TAPAS items fitted the same construct and displayed no substantial DIF across three subgroups: gender (male vs. female), weight status (overweight vs. non-overweight), and region (Taiwan vs. China). Concurrent validity was examined using the scores on the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ) and Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS). Results: All TAPAS items, except for Item 10 (“Prefer to participate in physical activity in a more private setting”), fitted the same construct. None of the TAPAS items displayed DIF in any of the subgroups except for Item 10 across participants from Taiwan and China (DIF contrast = −1.41). Conclusion: The TAPAS can appropriately assess the tendency to avoid physical activity and sport among both Taiwanese and mainland Chinese university students. However, Item 10 may need to be further examined.

原文English
文章編號e22583
期刊Heliyon
9
發行號12
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2023 12月

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