Shared Activity Questionnaire Analysis

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The Shared Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) is an experimental scale developed to assess willingness of children to engage in certain activities with a target child (Morgan, Walker, Bieberich, & Bell, 1996, as cited in Bell & Morgan, 2000). The original SAQ includes 24 items, estimated to be at the Year 2 to Year 3 reading and comprehension level, covering three broad activity areas: General Social (e.g., “Eat lunch next to them at school”), Academic (e.g., “Study spellings with them in class”), and Active Recreational (e.g., “Go to the movies with them”). In previous studies, the SAQ was used as survey questionnaire, and the subject was to circle the answer amongst “yes”, “maybe”, and “no”, that shows how he or she feels about sharing each activity