Publicación

A confirmatory factor analysis of the fitness of adults with intellectual disabilities

  • DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
  • Autores
    Cuesta-Vargas, AI; Solera-Martinez, M; Ortega, FB; Martinez-Vizcaino, V
  • Año Publicación
    2013
  • Volumen
    35
  • Número
    5
  • Pág. Inicio
    375
  • Pág. Fin
    381
  • Pág. Fin
    375
Referencia Citadas
38
Citas Web of Science
4
Total de veces citado (Z9)
4
Recuento Uso 180 días
1
Recuento Uso 5 años
8

Purpose: To test whether a new model including nine variables can be used to test the fitness of adults with intellectual disabilities. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 445 adults aged 18-42 recruited during the Spanish Special Olympics. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the goodness-of-fit of four latent variables: flexibility, strength, balance and cardiorespiratory endurance. The standardized scores of the nine variables in the model were used to develop a fitness index for adults with intellectual disabilities. Simultaneous multigroup analyses were also conducted in order to test the stability of the proposed model across gender and across active and sedentary participants. Results: The findings demonstrated that the proposed structure was well supported (comparative fit index = 0.97, standardized root mean square error of approximation = 0.05) and stable across subgroups. Conclusions: A model with four underlying factors has been shown to have acceptable validity to represent the fitness of adults with intellectual disabilities.


Web financiada por la Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), proyecto SOMM17/6107/UG

Web financiada por la Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), proyecto SOMM17/6107/UGR