[nabs-l] Research Participant Recruitment - Online Survey - Win $50.00 (last reminder)

Fri Mar 11 20:59:36 UTC 2016

Hello Justin,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my message. As a blind person I
believe there are other factors in my life that impact my intention to be
active, attitudes toward activity, and perceived control of being active. it
seems to me that your study is neither willing to include or exclude any of
these factors in your research. Therefore, I am not quite sure how any
conclusions can be made based solely on blindness on intention to be active,
attitudes toward activity, and perceived control of being active when other
factors are neither included or excluded from your study. 

If blindness is not being isolated from other factors that impact what is
being measured , then how will you know that blindness is the factor that is
measured in your results, and not the result of some other factor that is
simply a part of a blind person's life? For example, if a blind person also
has a physical condition that causes chronic physical pain, how will you
know the results from your study stem from the fact this person is blind
rather than someone who experiences chronic physical pain? It seems to me
that both of these factors would impact a person's intention to be active,
attitudes toward activity, and perceived control of being active. Based on
what I understand about your research, I am not quite sure how your study
would be able to tell the difference between two different factors such as
blindness and chronic physical pain.

Warm regards,

Elizabeth

From: Justin Haegele [mailto:justin.a.haegele at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 2:58 PM
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Subject: RE: [nabs-l] Research Participant Recruitment - Online Survey - Win
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Hi Elizabeth,

Thank you for your question. And the answer is Yes. I completely agree with
you that simply focusing on blindness would over simplify things, as it
would only focus on one element that makes a person a person. Our goal with
this study is to validate two instruments that will measure reasons why
people with visual impairments are (or are not) active. In this study, we
focus on factors such as ones intention to be active, attitudes toward
activity, and perceived control of being active. These are constructs
derived from the Theory of Planned behavior. The reason we are focusing
specifically on individuals with visual impairments is that typically,
researchers will use instruments that may not have been previously tested
for people with visual impairments that may not be applicable. For us, we
wanted to create an instrument specifically for this group. 

I hope this answers your question, and I am in complete agreement with you.
Please let me know if I can provide any further info,

Have a wonderful day,

Justin A. Haegele, PhD, CAPE

Assistant Professor

Health & Physical Education

Department of Human Movement Sciences

Old Dominion University

 (757) 683-5338

2009 Student Recreation Center

Norfolk, VA 23529 

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> Hello Justin,
> 
> Does your study consider any other factors in physical activity and
> sedentary behaviors besides blindness? Even though I happen to be blind,
> there are other factors in my life that have a greater impact on my
physical
> activity and sedentary behaviors than my blindness. I believe simply
> focusing on blindness regarding physical activity and sedentary behaviors
> over simplifies this problem when there are other factors involved in
> physical activity and sedentary behaviors.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth 
> 
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> Subject: [nabs-l] Research Participant Recruitment - Online Survey - Win
> $50.00 (last reminder)
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Listserv Members: 
> 
> We are conducting a study
> involving the validation of (2) surveys to explore the beliefs of adults
> with visual impairments toward physical activity and sedentary behaviors.
To
> conduct this study we need the participation of adult aged individuals
(ages
> 18 and
> over) with visual impairments. This study will ask participants to
complete
> an online survey consisting of 41 questions which should take
approximately
> 20 minutes. All responses will be anonymous and confidential.
> 
> All participants who
> complete the online survey will have the option to enter a drawing to win
> one of two $50.00 gift cards. If you, or someone you know, is interested
in
> participating in this study, please follow the link below:
> http://goo.gl/forms/EDPNw9jBjQ. Please share this link if you know others
> who would be interested. 
> 
> 
> Justin A. Haegele, PhD, CAPEAssistant ProfessorHealth & Physical
> EducationDepartment of Human Movement SciencesOld Dominion University
(757)
> 683-53382009 Student Recreation CenterNorfolk, VA 23529
> 
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