title: Self-efficacy scale for weight loss among multi-ethnic women of lower income: a psychometric evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct and predictive validity of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Self-Efficacy (PANSE) scale, an 11-item instrument to assess weight-loss self-efficacy among postpartum women of lower income.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-one women completed the PANSE scale and psychosocial measures at baseline and at 7 and 13 weeks of a pilot study of weight loss.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Test-retest reliability of PANSE scores was r = 0.55 (P < .01). Cronbach α was r = 0.89. Construct validity was supported by correlations with less-healthful behaviors (r = -0.33, P = .005), perceived stress (r = -0.24, P = .04), and decisional balance (r = 0.25, P = .03). PANSE change scores correlated with intervention group weight changes (r = -0.54, P < .01), although baseline scores did not. One factor emerged (loadings .80 to .57).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PANSE scale demonstrated adequate reliability, internal consistency, construct validity, and moderate predictive validity. Replication is needed to confirm study findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Latimer
authors.forename: Lorraine O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Sunghun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Keryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Pasch
authors.forename: Bobbie Sue
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sterling
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011203:Poverty; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015431:Weight Loss; D016387:Women's Health