RT journal article
T1 Youth Leisure-Time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ): Reliability and Validity in Colombian University Students
A1 Atencio-Osorio, Miguel Alejandro
A1 Carrillo-Arango, Hugo Alejandro
A1 Correa-Rodríguez, María
A1 Rivera, Diego
A1 Castro Piñero, José
A1 Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 sedentary
K1 screen time
K1 reliability
K1 validity
K1 questionnaire
K1 young adults
K1 Latin American
AB Sedentary behavior (SB) is influenced by variations in social, cultural and economic contexts. This study assesses the test-retest reliability and validity of the Youth Leisure-time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ), a self-report tool that examines total and domain-specific SB in a cohort of young adults from Colombia. A cross-sectional validation study was conducted among 447 Colombian college students (52.8% men; mean (+/- standard deviation) age of 19.55 +/- 2.54 years). To assess the reliability of the YLSBQ, Kappa statistics (k) were used. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine validity. The Cronbach alpha for the 12 behaviors of the YLSBQ showed a good-to-excellent internal consistency (0.867, ranging from 0.715-0.935). Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) indicated that 10 items (83.0%) and two items (17.0%) showed excellent and good reliability, respectively. Furthermore, ICC between the total sedentary time was 0.926 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.912 - 0.939), which was interpreted as excellent. The goodness-of-fit tests provided evidence that overall, a four-factor solution was an adequate fit with the time scores. In conclusion, the YLSBQ could be considered a reliable, valid and usable tool for the assessment of SB in young adults in a Latin American country. We found that the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were similar to those of the original Spanish validation study.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25698
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25698
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026