Perceived physical literacy in children and early adolescents: Two valid and reliable versions of the PL-C Quest.

Perceived physical literacy contributes to the understanding of individuals' physical activity (PA) engagement. It is important a scale is validated in the population of interest. Also, the type of administration may affect reliability and validity. So, the aim of this study was twofold: 1) to examine evidence of validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the Physical Literacy for Children Questionnaire (PL-C Quest) in a cohort of children and adolescents and 2) to assess two versions of administering the scale. The study was conducted in two stages, depending on the administration format of the PL-C Quest (double-dichotomous, and four-point response style) in a cohort of 2004 (n ₁  = 916; n ₂  = 1088) students. In both administration forms, evidence of validity (relation with other variables, i.e., concurrent and predictive, and structural validity), invariance (between boys and girls) and reliability (test-retest and internal consistency) were examined. There was evidence of validity for both administration types, with adequate reliability and good to excellent test-retest reliability for both administration forms. Both methods of administration for the PL-C Quest can capture perceived physical literacy in Spanish 8- to 14-year-old children and early adolescents.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Isaac Estevan reports financial support was provided by Spanish National Research Agency, Ministry of Science and Innovation [PID 2020-115075RA-I00 by the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/5011000]. Nuria Ortega-Benavent reports financial support was provided by the Conselleria de Educación, Universidades y Empleo [AICO/2022/185]. Jorge Romero-Martinez reports financial support was provided by Spanish Ministry of Universities [FPU21/03956 by the UNI/1504/2021]. The rest of authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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