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Health protective behavior scale: Development and psychometric evaluation.

Weiwei Ping^1,2, Wenjun Cao¹, Hongzhuan Tan²

¹Department of Preventive Medicine, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, P. R. China.

|January 9, 2018

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Researchers developed the Health Protective Behavior Scale (HPBS) to measure health protective behaviors, addressing a gap in assessing these crucial aspects of a healthy lifestyle. The scale demonstrates strong validity and reliability for adult use.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Science
Health Psychology
Psychometrics

Background:

A healthy lifestyle encompasses both health-promoting and health-protective behaviors.
Existing measures adequately profile health-promoting behaviors, but a gap exists for health-protective behaviors.
Developing a reliable and valid scale for health-protective behavior is essential for comprehensive lifestyle assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a scale measuring health-protective behaviors in adults.
To address the lack of standardized instruments for assessing health-protective behaviors.

Main Methods:

An initial item pool was generated from literature and surveys, then refined by expert review.
Pilot testing was conducted, and items were screened based on variation, response rates, and psychometric properties.
The final Health Protective Behavior Scale (HPBS) was validated in a sample of 454 subjects using reliability and validity analyses.

Main Results:

The final HPBS consists of 32 items across five dimensions: interpersonal support, general behavior, self-knowledge, nutrition behavior, and health care.
The scale demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89) and test-retest reliability (0.89).
Correlations between dimensions ranged from 0.28 to 0.55, and a moderate correlation (0.34) was found with the WHOQOL-BREF.

Conclusions:

The Health Protective Behavior Scale (HPBS) is a valid and reliable instrument.
HPBS can be effectively used to measure health-protective behaviors in adult populations.
This scale contributes to a more complete understanding of healthy lifestyle behaviors.