Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES)
Alternate Names: PACES18
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Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale - Short Version (PACES-S)
A short version of the PACES. The PACES-S (Chen et al, 2021) runs only 4 questions.
Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES)
The Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES, Kendzierski & DeCarlo, 1991) is a self-report measure of enjoyment of physical exercise activities. The PACES consists of 18 questions.
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Kendzierski, D., & DeCarlo, K. J. (1991). Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale: Two Validation Studies. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 13(1), 50–64. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.13.1.50
Mullen, S. P., Olson, E. A., Phillips, S. M., Szabo, A. N., Wójcicki, T. R., Mailey, E. L., Gothe, N. P., Fanning, J. T., Kramer, A. F., & McAuley, E. (2011). Measuring enjoyment of physical activity in older adults: invariance of the physical activity enjoyment scale (paces) across groups and time. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8(1), 103–504. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-8-103
Rodrigues, F., Forte, P., Teixeira, D. S., Cid, L., & Monteiro, D. (2021). The Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (Paces) as a Two-Dimensional Scale: Exploratory and Invariance Analysis. Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 10(1), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.26773/mjssm.210309
Chen, C., Weyland, S., Fritsch, J., Woll, A., Niessner, C., Burchartz, A., Schmidt, S. C. E., & Jekauc, D. (2021). A Short Version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale: Development and Psychometric Properties. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111035