dc.contributor.advisor | Ellis, Gary | |
dc.creator | Melton, Karen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-05T20:58:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-01T05:30:21Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-08 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-08-06 | |
dc.date.submitted | August 2014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153570 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study advanced knowledge of the measurement properties of the Family Leisure Activity Profile (FLAP). The FLAP is a sixteen-item index based on the Core and Balance Model of Family Functioning. This study assessed three distinct scaling techniques using data collected with the FLAP index: Technique 1 consisted of current practice; Technique 2 consisted of an approach based on reinterpretation of the theory underlying the FLAP; and Technique 3 consisted of a reformulated empirical approach that involved converting ordinal data to ratio-level approximations. Analyses were conducted using data from an online sample of 884 United Kingdom (U.K.) households. Two members of each responding household, a child and a parent, completed the FLAP index along with measures of family functioning. Analytic techniques included intra-class correlation, mean absolute deviation, Pearson r, generalizability theory (i.e., G-study and D-study); multitrait-multimethod matrix; and confirmatory factor analysis. Results of analysis using Technique 1 provided support for inter-rater agreement of the FLAP index. Results also suggested acceptable levels of reliability for research purposes and criterion-related evidence of validity. Technique 2 analyses revealed acceptable estimates of reliability and criterion-related validity; additionally, Technique 2 had better empirical fit indices than Technique 1. Results of analyses using Technique 3 provided insight into use of ratio-level data in comparison to ordinal-level data. Technique 3 reliability and validity coefficients decreased appreciably, yet Technique 3 produced the strongest fit indices among the three models. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | family leisure | en |
dc.subject | FLAP | en |
dc.subject | measurement | en |
dc.title | Advancing Measurement of Family Leisure | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A & M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Witt, Peter | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Duerden, Mat | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Boleman, Chris | |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.date.updated | 2015-02-05T20:58:39Z | |
local.embargo.terms | 2016-08-01 | |
local.etdauthor.orcid | 0000-0003-4044-8654 | |