Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development.
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Larson, N; Neumark-Sztainer, D; Story, M; van den Berg, P; Hannan, PJ
Published in: Am J Health Behav
November 2011
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and psychometric properties of survey measures relevant to eating, physical activity, and weight-related behaviors among young adults. METHODS: Focus groups and reliability testing guided the development of the Project EAT-III survey. The final survey was completed by 2287 young adults. RESULTS: The systematic process employed led to a psychometrically sound and developmentally appropriate survey. Test-retest reliabilities for items included on the final survey were mostly moderate to good, and Cronbach alphas were >0.7 for 83% of developed scales. CONCLUSIONS: Future studies may find the systematic process used to be helpful in creating other weight-related surveys.
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Am J Health Behav
EISSN
1945-7359
Publication Date
November 2011
Volume
35
Issue
6
Start / End Page
712 / 725
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Reproducibility of Results
- Public Health
- Psychometrics
- Motor Activity
- Male
- Humans
- Health Surveys
- Health Behavior
- Focus Groups
- Female
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Larson, N., Neumark-Sztainer, D., Story, M., van den Berg, P., & Hannan, P. J. (2011). Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development. Am J Health Behav, 35(6), 712–725.
Larson, Nicole, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Mary Story, Patricia van den Berg, and Peter J. Hannan. “Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development.” Am J Health Behav 35, no. 6 (November 2011): 712–25.
Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M, van den Berg P, Hannan PJ. Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development. Am J Health Behav. 2011 Nov;35(6):712–25.
Larson, Nicole, et al. “Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development.” Am J Health Behav, vol. 35, no. 6, Nov. 2011, pp. 712–25.
Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M, van den Berg P, Hannan PJ. Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development. Am J Health Behav. 2011 Nov;35(6):712–725.
Published In
Am J Health Behav
EISSN
1945-7359
Publication Date
November 2011
Volume
35
Issue
6
Start / End Page
712 / 725
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Reproducibility of Results
- Public Health
- Psychometrics
- Motor Activity
- Male
- Humans
- Health Surveys
- Health Behavior
- Focus Groups
- Female