Structural modeling of the scale habits of leisure activities in youth: Evidence in different school contexts in Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the structural consistency of the scale of activities of leisure habits in different socio-schoolers contexts. Developed by Formiga, Bonato and Sarriera (2011), this scale assesses the daily habits that make easier the balance between thinking and doing the practice of resting and social relations at fun times. Male and female subjects, elementary and secondary level from 13 to 18 years old from a private and public schools in Joao Pessoa, composed the study. They answered the scale of activities of leisure habits in the classroom. In AMOS Software (version 16.0), we performed the analysis of structural equation modeling and statistical indicators have shown the same factor structure, as found in previous studies, supporting its use in the Brazilian context.