Table 4. Reliabilities of Activity Scales Using Internal Consistency (Cronbach's Alpha) and Retest Reliability (Pearson Correlations).
Study 1 - Reliability | Study 2 - Reliability | Study 1 - Retest | |||||||||
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All (N = 267) |
Young (n = 44) |
Middle (n = 131) |
Older (n = 92) |
All (N = 218) |
Young (n = 81) |
Older (n = 137) |
All (N = 133) |
Young (n = 18) |
Middle (n = 62) |
Older (n = 53) |
|
Physical (6) | .78 | .82 | .79 | .74 | .74 | .82 | .68 | .67 | .55 | .70 | .69 |
Craft (4) | .79 | .83 | .81 | .78 | .79 | .77 | .81 | .79 | .69 | .76 | .85 |
Games (6) | .77 | .83 | .83 | .67 | .75 | .84 | .69 | .82 | .79 | .77 | .88 |
TV (4) | .62 | .65 | .71 | .41 | .56 | .72 | .45 | .61 | .69 | .67 | .43 |
SocPrivate (6) | .75 | .75 | .79 | .63 | .78 | .71 | .77 | .70 | .36 | .75 | .65 |
SocPublic (5) | .75 | .77 | .81 | .63 | .61 | .70 | .54 | .78 | .64 | .57 | .73 |
Religious (3) | .67 | .53 | .65 | .74 | .68 | .72 | .64 | .77 | .68 | .70 | .82 |
Developmental (8) | .74 | .72 | .70 | .63 | .66 | .59 | .55 | .75 | .74 | .66 | .72 |
Experiential (7) | .57 | .45 | .53 | .54 | .62 | .47 | .38 | .77 | .67 | .75 | .79 |
Technology (6) | .57 | .69 | .56 | .45 | .58 | .57 | .54 | .78 | .63 | .80 | .76 |
Travel (3) | .43 | .24 | .59 | .15 | .55 | .61 | .46 | .41 | .28 | .30 | .50 |
Note. SocPrivate: Social-Private. SocPublic: Social-Public. Numbers in brackets refer to number of items per scale. For descriptive purpose, the lifespan sample of Study 1 was grouped in young: 18–30 years of age, middle-aged: 31–60 years, and older individuals: 61–81 years)