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Validation of the Brief Questionnaire on Occupational Sitting
Wißmann, F. (2019) Validation of the Brief Questionnaire on Occupational Sitting.
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| Abstract: | The present research aimed at validating the Brief Questionnaire on Occupational Sitting (BQOS) developed by Van de Lagemaat (2018). It is a self-report questionnaire which intends to measure average and domain-specific sitting time on regular days. A correlational longitudinal study was conducted to assess the feasibility, test-retest reliability, and the construct validity of the BQOS. Therefore, an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) form of the BQOS was created and used as a validation tool. Whereas the original one intends to measure average sitting times on a regular day, the EMA form measured daily sitting times. The sample consisted of 30 full-time students who participated in the study over the course of one week. According to the psychometric assessment, the BQOS demonstrates appropriate psychometric properties. However, it appears that full-time students have a large within-subject sitting time variability so that it cannot be claimed to have measured average sitting time on a regular day. The BQOS might, therefore, be population restricted and can only be applied to low variability populations such as office workers. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/78184 |
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