Identifying Correlates of Young Adults' Weight Behavior: Survey Development

Autor/inn/en	Larson, Nicole; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Story, Mary; van den Berg, Patricia; Hannan, Peter J.
Titel	Identifying Correlates of Young Adults' Weight Behavior: Survey Development
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 35 (2011) 6, S.712-725 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
DOI	10.5993/AJHB.35.6.7
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Psychometrics; Physical Activities; Focus Groups; Correlation; Body Weight; Surveys; Eating Habits; Reliability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Korrelation; Körpergewicht; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Reliabilität
Abstract	Objective: To describe the development and psychometric properties of survey measures relevant to eating, physical activity, and weight-related behaviors among young adults. Methods: Focus groups and reliability testing guided the development of the Project EAT-III survey. The final survey was completed by 2287 young adults. Results: The systematic process employed led to a psychometrically sound and developmentally appropriate survey. Test-retest reliabilities for items included on the final survey were mostly moderate to good, and Cronbach alphas were greater than 0.7 for 83% of developed scales. Conclusions: Future studies may find the systematic process used to be helpful in creating other weight-related surveys. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10