title: Instrument development for health belief model constructs.
abstract: Research was conducted to develop valid and reliable scales to test the Health Belief Model (HBM). The dependent variable chosen for scale development was frequency of breast self-examination. Independent variables were constructs related to the HBM: susceptibility, seriousness, benefits, barriers, and health motivation. Analyses for construct validity and theory testing included factor analysis and multiple regression. Chronbach Alpha and Pearson r were used to compute reliabilities. Scales that were judged valid and reliable were susceptibility, seriousness, benefits, barriers, and health motivation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001940:Breast; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010173:Palpation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires