title: Measuring young women's self-efficacy for healthy eating: Initial development and validation of a new questionnaire.
abstract: Healthy eating in women of childbearing age is critical to the health of future generations. Interventions that increase women's dietary self-efficacy may be particularly effective at improving healthy eating. However, no validated tool exists to measure self-efficacy for healthy eating in this specific population. We therefore designed a new questionnaire (the 8-Item Self-Efficacy for Healthy Diet Scale) using a think-aloud study and expert panel consultation. We then pilot-tested the 8-Item Self-Efficacy for Healthy Diet Scale in an interviewer-administered survey of 94 women recruited primarily from community settings. The 8-Item Self-Efficacy for Healthy Diet Scale is an 8-item measure of self-efficacy for healthy eating with promising psychometric properties including internal consistency, convergent, criterion and divergent validity.
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simmonds
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Tannaze
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tinati
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Felicity L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bishop
keywords: diet; eating; scale; self-efficacy; women’s health