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ArticleJournal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners

Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs Scale for Adolescents.

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Stephanie Kelly, Alai Tan

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Article in Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
Stephanie Kelly
Alai Tan

Funding

COPE/Healthy Lifestyles for Teens: A School-Based RCTR01NR012171 · NINR · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI MELNYK, BERNADETTE M · 2009 to 2012
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NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHealthy lifestyle behaviors are at the core of maintaining health. This study analyzed the psychometric properties of the 16-item healthy lifestyle beliefs (HLB) scale that measures a person's beliefs about their ability to live a healthy lifestyle.

methodDescriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory analysis, and measurement invariance were conducted for this study.

resultsCronbach alpha was 0.894. The Exploratory factor analysis scree plot identified two factors with eigenvalues greater than one. All factor loadings were greater than 0.40 and no items cross-loaded. A two-factor solution was retained for Confirmatory factor analysis. The measurement invariance results suggested that there was no gender difference in HLB regarding factor structure, factor loading, threshold, and residual variances. DISCUSSION: The HLB scale was found to have adequate internal consistency and fit with the data. Findings show it is valid and acceptable for both boys and girls.

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Healthy LifestyleAdolescentFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSex FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesAdolescenthealthsurveys and questionnaires

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PMID33518442
PMCPMC8140993

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