Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the physical activity parenting practices questionnaire

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Table 1 Results of the confirmatory factor analysis for the Physical Activity Parenting Practices questionnaire (PAPP)

	χ²	df	CFI	TLI	RMSEA	SRMR	SFL Range	α
Model 1 – PAPP-E	594.08	90.00	.83	0.80	0.11	0.06	.39–.74	.89
Model 2 – PAPP-E	323.28	84.00	.92	0.90	0.08	0.05	.35–.76	.89
Model 3 – PAPP-D	124.27	71.00	.98	0.97	0.04	0.04	−.23 - -.81	.73
Model 4 – PAPP-D	82.85	51.00	.99	0.98	0.04	0.04	−.23 - -.80	.70

Model 1 – PAPP-E single-factor structure of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices Encouragement scale, Model 2 – PAPP-E single-factor structure of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices Encouragement scale after re-specification, based on the modification indexes, Model 3 – PAPP-D the four-factor structure of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices Discouragement scale, Model 4 – PAPP-D a three-factor structure version of the Physical Activity Parenting Practices Discouragement scale, after excluding the factor Promote Inactivity; χ² Chi-square; df degrees of freedom, CFI Comparative Fit Index, TLI Tucker- Lewis Index, RMSEA Root Mean Square of Approximation, SRMR Standardized Root Mean Squared Residual, SFL Standard Factor Loading, α Cronbach’s alpha

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