Alternate forms of health attitude scale.
OBJECTIVE
To develop valid and reliable alternate forms to measure college students' attitudes toward health.


METHODS
Final scale, composed of 2 different but equivalent 15-item forms, was administered to 2 sets of college students. The mixed format of 30 items was administered to one sample of college students whereas a pre-post format was administered to another set of students.


RESULTS
Item analysis showed adequate internal consistency of each subscale for both forms. Equivalent form reliability coefficients were .91 and .88. Factor analyses confirmed the 3 underlying constructs of the scale.


CONCLUSIONS
Statistical analyses demonstrated the comparability of the alternate forms.
Torabi
Mohammad R
MR
Department of Applied Health Science, School of Education, Indiana University, 1025 E. 7th Street, HPER Building 116, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. torabi@indiana.edu
Seo
Dong-Chul
DC
Jeng
Ifeng
I
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities