Survey development for assessing correlates of young adolescents' eating
Survey development for assessing correlates of young adolescents' eating
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DOI:
10.5993/ajhb.26.4.5
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发表时间:
2002-07-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Boutelle, KN
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作者:
Birnbaum, AS;Lytle, LA;Boutelle, KN
Objective: To describe the development and psychometric testing of a survey to assess multiple influences on young adolescents' eating behaviors. Methods: A 204-item survey was piloted with middle-school students. We incorporated a broad view of determinants of eating behavior in an effort to expand the current field of predictors. Results: The survey was reduced to 147 items and administered to 3,878 students. Internal consistencies were generally >0.70. Test-retest reliabilities were 0.30-0.98, mostly >0.60. Conclusions: We estimated psychometric properties for a range of measures in a diverse sample. This is important as the increasing demand for outcomes-based research expands the need for psychometrically sound survey measures.