title: A measure of self-care self-efficacy.
abstract: Strategies Used by People to Promote Health (SUPPH), a 29-item self-report, is a measure of self-care self-efficacy. Items for the SUPPH were empirically generated, validated by an expert panel, and tested (N = 275) for psychometric properties, factor composition, and convergent and discriminant evidence with existing scales. Good initial psychometric properties were found for the SUPPH and four factors emerged: coping, stress reduction, making decisions, and enjoying life. These factors are consistent with the underlying self-efficacy theory upon which the scale is based.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Lev
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*