Revised Measure of Environmental Qualities of Activity Settings (MEQAS) for youth leisure and life skills activity settings

PURPOSE: The aim was to create an expanded version of a published observer-rated Measure of Environmental Qualities of Activity Settings (MEQAS-32). METHOD: Testing was conducted using a diverse sample of activity settings. Raters completed the original MEQAS questionnaire (MEQAS-66) for 76 youth leisure and life skills activity settings. Scales for the revised measure (MEQAS-48) were determined using a two-step approach: (a) developing a …