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Cross-cultural validation of stages of exercise change scale among Chinese college students

California State University, Los Angeles, US, xkeatin{at}calstatela.edu

Jianmin Guan

The University of Texas at San Antonio, US

Yong Huang

Jiangxi Agriculture University, China

Mingying Deng

Jiangxi Agriculture University, China

Yifeng Wu

Sunlao Normal College, China

Shuhua Qu

Beijing University of Sports and Physical Education, China

The purpose of the study was to test the cross-cultural concurrent validity of the stages of exercise change scale (SECS) in Chinese college students. The original SECS was translated into Chinese (C-SECS). Students from four Chinese universities (N = 1843) participated in the study. The leisure-time exercise (LTE) questionnaire was used to provide data to test the concurrent validation of the C-SECS. Results indicated an increase in total LTE across the five stages of exercise changes. This study provided evidence of C-SECS cross-cultural concurrent validity.

Key Words: Chinese college students • cross-cultural validation • stages of exercise change scale • weekly leisure-time exercise

European Physical Education Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 71-83 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X05049825


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