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Identifying the Validity and Reliability of a Self-Report Motivation Instrument for Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Emerging Adults

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Title
Identifying the Validity and Reliability of a Self-Report Motivation Instrument for Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Emerging Adults
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Frontiers in Psychology, July 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01222
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Min An, Xiao Zhang

Abstract

Objective: Studies on the effectiveness of health-promoting programs across educational contexts need a new tool for measuring health motivation. This study aims to develop a new health motivation questionnaire, namely the College Students' Health Motivation Questionnaire (CSHM-Q), for college students. Design: An original item pool of the CSHM-Q was developed based on a systematic synthesis and review of related instruments and the content analysis of focus group interviews (N = 93). The instrument was then validated using a sample of 205 college students. Setting: Interviews and survey were conducted at three universities in China. Methods: This study explores the content validity, construct validity, and reliability of a self-report motivation instrument based on the framework of Self-Determination Theory. Results: A pilot study showed satisfactory content validity of the motivation constructs and produced 40 items for the CSHM-Q. Results of exploratory factor analysis and parallel analysis further substantiated a three-factor structure of the CSHM-Q. The finalized three-component CSHM-Q has 16 items. Conclusion: Given adequate psychometric properties, the CSHM-Q is a promising measurement tool of health motivation for practical and research purposes.

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Unknown 36 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 17%
Student > Master 6 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 2 6%
Student > Bachelor 1 3%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 15 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 7 19%
Social Sciences 3 8%
Arts and Humanities 2 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 15 42%
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