Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale - Short Version - PACES-S

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 01, 2025

Last Modified: January 01, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the short Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES-S) by Chen et al (2021). to measure enjoyment of physical exercise activities which is said to play a role in excercise adherence. The PACES-S is a 4-item version of the original 18 items PACES by Kendzierski & DeCarlo (1991).

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References

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

Original 18 items PACES: 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

Duration

1 minute

Overview

self-report measure consisting of 4 5-point Likert Scale questions

Summary Data

File Name: xxx_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startdate Date script was run
starttime Time script was started
subjectid Assigned subject id number
groupid Assigned group id number
sessionid Assigned session id number
elapsedtime Time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
pacesSTotal The sum of all allocated points
(1 point = strongly disagree) to (5points = strongly agree)
Range: 4 - 20
+ all 4individual responses

Raw Data

File Name: xxx.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 1 (strongly disagree) - 5 (strongly agree)
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)