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Evaluating content validity and test-retest reliability of the children's health risk behavior scale
Susan K Riesch1, Lori S Anderson, Nicole Angresano
1Waisman Center for Human Development and Developmental Disabilities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA. skriech@wisc.edu
Objective:
Describe the instrument development process and report the validity and reliability of the Children's Health Risk Behavior Scale (CHRBS), a scale designed to screen for health risk behaviors among youth aged 10-13 Years.
Methods:
Domain identification and item generation using the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and testing relevance and test-retest reliability among a target audience sample of 77 fifth graders in their classrooms in two separate public school districts.
Results:
Youth performed their tasks as expert item reviewers effectively. Twenty-one items comprise the CHRBS with a reading level determined to be at the third grade.
Conclusions:
We have developed a reliable and valid measure to assess late elementary youth's participation in health risk behavior.
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