Development of a Measure to Assess Youth Self-reported Experiences of Activity Settings (SEAS) |
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| Authors: | Gillian King Beata Batorowicz Patty Rigby Margot McMain-Klein Laura Thompson Madhu Pinto |
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| Institution: | 1. Bloorview Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada;2. Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;3. School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;4. Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;5. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada |
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| Abstract: | There is a need for psychometrically sound measures of youth experiences of community/home leisure activity settings. The 22-item Self-Reported Experiences of Activity Settings (SEAS) captures the following experiences of youth with a Grade 3 level of language comprehension or more: Personal Growth, Psychological Engagement, Social Belonging, Meaningful Interactions, and Choice & Control. Forty-five youth aged 14–23 years (10 with severe disabilities) completed the SEAS in 160 leisure activity settings. The SEAS has good to excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha from 0.71 to 0.88) and moderate test–retest reliability (mean scale intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.68), as expected due to changes in activity settings over time. The SEAS was able to differentiate various types of activity settings and participation partners. The SEAS can be used to gain greater understanding of situation-specific experiences of youth participating in various types of recreation and leisure activity settings, including youth with different types of disabilities and those without disabilities. |
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| Keywords: | activity setting disability experience leisure measure development participation recreation severe disability youth |
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