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Alternate forms of health attitude scale
Mohammad R Torabi1, Dong-Chul Seo, Ifeng Jeng
1Department of Applied Health Science, School of Education, Indiana University, 1025 E. 7th Street, HPER Building 116, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. torabi@indiana.edu
Objectives:
To develop valid and reliable alternate forms to measure college students' attitudes toward health.
Methods:
Final scale, composed of 2 different but equivalent 15-item forms, was administered to 2 sets of college students. The mixed format of 30 items was administered to one sample of college students whereas a pre-post format was administered to another set of students.
Results:
Item analysis showed adequate internal consistency of each subscale for both forms. Equivalent form reliability coefficients were .91 and .88. Factor analyses confirmed the 3 underlying constructs of the scale.
Conclusions:
Statistical analyses demonstrated the comparability of the alternate forms.
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