Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 18, 2026

Qualitative and Quantitative Validation of Tools with Rating Scales Aimed at Assessing the Quality of University Service-Learning
Published on: August 29, 2025
The Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students: development and psychometric testing
Dong Wang1, Xiao-Hui Xing, Xian-Bo Wu
1School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1023 Shatai Road, Guangzhou 510515, China. dongw96@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We report the development and validation of a scale to evaluate the healthy lifestyles of university students. The Delphi technique was used to determine the content validity of the scale with a panel of33 experts. Psychometric testing was performed and confirmed with 6000 undergraduate students who were randomly selected from 10 universities in China. Three Delphi rounds were required to achieve final consensus for content validity. The split-half correlation coefficient and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total scale were 0.841 and 0.892, respectively. Construct validity was supported by exploratory factor analysis, which yielded an eight-factor instrument that explained 55.02% of the variance in the 38 items. The proposed Healthy Lifestyle Scale for University Students has good construct validity and reliability and can be used as an evaluation tool for health counselling in university health centres.
Related Concept Videos
Assessment of the Gastrointestinal System II: Health Perception Pattern
Health Perception Patterns
Health perception patterns offer valuable insights into a patient's lifestyle habits and how they may impact their GI health. These patterns include:
Lifestyle Factors and Health
Benefits of Physical Activity
Physical activity, whether through structured exercise or casual activities like walking, biking, or dancing, is a cornerstone of a...
Levels of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
In primary prevention, actions taken before disease onset prevent the disease from...
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention II
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results from...
Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention I
The health belief model (HBM) attempts to predict health-related behavior in specific belief patterns. According to the HBM, a person's...
Introduction to Stress and Lifestyle