Measuring health-promoting behaviors: cross-cultural validation of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II.
OBJECTIVE
Individual lifestyles have emerged as valuable health constructs. This study aims to psychometrically test the Portuguese (European) version of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II.


METHODS
After an adequate linguistic and cultural adaptation of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II scale, their psychometric properties were assessed (N = 889) by Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis.


RESULTS
Results showed an adequate fit to a 52-item, six-factor structure. A global alpha of .925 was obtained.


CONCLUSIONS
The Portuguese version demonstrated good validity and reliability in a wide adult sample, and can thus be applied to the Portuguese population.


CONCLUSIONS
This instrument is useful as an evaluation tool for health-promoting lifestyles and as an instrument for testing the effectiveness of health-promoting programs.
School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal; Health Research Unit (UIS), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
Pedro
P
Sousa
Pedro
P
Gaspar
Daniela C
DC
Vaz
Sílvia
S
Gonzaga
M Anjos
MA
Dixe
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008037:Linguistics; D011174:Portugal
Cross-cultural validation; Portuguese; health-promoting lifestyle; measurement tool; psychometric property