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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Oct 15;48(4):379–385. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.013

Table 2.

Parent and adolescent reliability and agreement for rules regarding sedentary behaviors

Parents Adolescents Agreement
% Yes Kappa % Yes Kappa Kappa

Not too much TV/DVDs 57.6 0.61 40.9 0.43 0.28
No TV/DVD before homework 57.0 0.61 46.5 0.47 0.47
No TV/DVD while doing homework 66.2 0.59 52.8 0.52 0.45
Less than 2 hours TV/DVD per day 32.3 0.57 25.2 0.48 0.44
No computer before homework 46.2 0.63 31.6 0.59 0.49
Only 1 hour computer per day 20.9 0.44 13.2 0.42 0.17
No internet without permission 31.2 0.70 17.1 0.49 0.53
No TV/computer unless exercised first 4.4 0.43 3.1 −0.04 0.00