Health-promoting behaviors: psychometric properties of an assessment tool

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Catarina Cardoso Tomás¹  Paulo Joaquim Pina Queirós¹  Teresa De Jesus Rodrigues Ferreira¹ 

关键词: Health promotion;    Adolescent behavior;    Validation studies;    Promoción de la salud;    Conducta del adolescente;    Estudios de validación;    Promoção da saúde;    Comportamento do adolescente;    Estudos de validação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072015000700014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Aiming to evaluate the psychometric properties of an instrument to assess the levels of health promoting behaviors, as well as to encounter those same levels related to their age, sex and graduation in a sample of 1213 Portuguese adolescents, the study was conducted of a quantitative, descriptive, correlational, retrospective and cross-sectional. The instrument has good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha de 0,889) and reasonable correlations between items (entre -0,009 e 0,788), confirming the six factors defined by the authors of the scale. Levels of health-promoting behaviors in the sample are good (x=3,70), being higher in girls than boys, and youth to the detriment of younger older. Thus demonstrates the reliability of the instrument in the assessment of healthy behavior in portuguese adolescents, as well as the need for an health intervention in this population.

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