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Survey development for assessing correlates of young adolescents' eating.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the development and psychometric testing of a survey to assess multiple influences on young adolescents' eating behaviors.
METHODS:
A 204-item survey was piloted with middle-school students. We incorporated a broad view of determinants of eating behavior in an effort to expand the current field of predictors.
RESULTS:
The survey was reduced to 147 items and administered to 3,878 students. Internal consistencies were generally >0.70. Test-retest reliabilities were 0.30-0.98, mostly >0.60.
CONCLUSIONS:
We estimated psychometric properties for a range of measures in a diverse sample. This is important as the increasing demand for outcomes-based research expands the need for psychometrically sound survey measures.
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Author information
Author/s: Birnbaum, Amanda S (AS); Lytle, Leslie A (LA); Murray, David M (DM); Story, Mary (M); Perry, Cheryl L (CL); Boutelle, Kerri N (KN);
Affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1054, USA. birnbaum@epi.umn.edu
Grants: 5R01 CA71943-03 (Agency:United States NCI)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Validation Studies
Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2002 Jul-Aug; vol 26 (issue 4) : pp 284-95
Dates: Created 2002/06/25; Completed 2002/09/20; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12081361, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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