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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):108–120. doi: 10.1037/a0017662

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



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)