Developing and validating a scale to measure the effectiveness of school physical education policy dissemination in a multi-level educational setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17832251 |
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| Authors | Jinyang Guo (0000-0002-7007-3382, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Zuosong Chen (Capital University of Physical Education and Sports), Kun Wang (0000-0002-6199-4315, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Xianyong Jiang (0009-0003-5113-4949, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1057/s41599-026-07136-9 |
| OpenAlex | W7148490954 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 48 |
Physical education policy dissemination can help to achieve important public health goals, but is often under-prioritized and lacking among students in schools and lacks a measurement tool to evaluate dissemination effectiveness. This study aimed to develop and assess the reliability and validity of the Dissemination Effectiveness of School Physical Education Policy (DE-SPEP) scale. Seven experts were asked to test the content validity of the DE-SPEP scale. For item analysis and reliability testing, the 31-item DE-SPEP scale was administered to a sample of 452 students. Participants were students from primary school, secondary school and university. The revised scale was administered to a sample of 1018 students, and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) was used to test for construct validity across the three-stage schools. After conducting item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a total of 28 items, collectively accounting for 73.36% of the variance, were retained for use in the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A second-order factor analysis confirmed the validity of the DE-SPEP scale. Applying MGCFA, all fit indices changed by <0.01, indicating a good fit of the model to the data. The DE-SPEP scale is a new instrument to measure the effectiveness of disseminating school physical education policies, demonstrating good reliability and validity
Data collection · Physical education · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport · Physical Education and Pedagogy
Standards of Evidence
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Prevention in the first place
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Psychological Mechanism in School Sports Policy Attitudes among Chinese College Students—Based on the Study of Sunshine Sports Policy
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Lessons Learned
Simplistic policy, skewed consequences
State Education Policies and Changing School Practices
Public support for policies to improve population and planetary health
Sports policy development and implementation in context
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