title: Development and validation of the pro-environmental behaviour scale for women's health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed to develop and test the Pro-environmental Behavior Scale for Women's Health.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Women adopt sustainable behaviours and alter their life styles to protect the environment and their health from environmental pollution. The conceptual framework of pro-environmental behaviours was based on Rogers' protection motivation theory and Weinstein's precaution adoption process model.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional design was used for instrument development.
  
  
  METHODS
  The instrument development process consisted of a literature review, personal depth interviews and focus group interviews. The sample comprised 356 adult women recruited in April-May 2012 in South Korea using quota sampling. For construct validity, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor structure, after which convergent and discriminant validity and known-group comparisons were tested.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Principal component analysis yielded 17 items with four factors, including 'women's health protection,' 'chemical exposure prevention,' 'alternative consumption,' and 'community-oriented behaviour'. The Cronbach's α was 0·81. Convergent and discriminant validity were supported by performing correlations with other environmental-health and health-behaviour measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing professionals can reliably use the instrument to assess women's behaviours, which protect their health and the environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Doowon Technical University, Anseong, South Korea.
authors.forename: HyunKyoung
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2782-108X
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004782:Environmental Health; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: altruism; behaviour; environment; health; instrument development; nursing; optimal cut point; reliability; validity; women