Healthy Lifestyle Scale (Helis): A Scale Development Research

Authors : Durmuş Gökkaya

Pages : 53-68

Doi:10.21076/vizyoner.1496574

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Publication Date : 2025-02-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of the study is to create a viable and trustworthy instrument for evaluating people\\\'s attitudes and actions on leading healthy lives. This methodological and psychometric study is conducted with 760 individuals who agreed to participate in the survey in the province of Yozgat. In the scale development process, an item pool is created with 74 items. After content validity, the number of items is reduced to 43. Psychometric properties and analyses of the scale (item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and divergent validity statistics, Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient, dependent sample t-test, and intraclass correlation) are used. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) are conducted in separate samples. The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale iss 0.960, which is above the accepted limit. In the four-factor structure, 68.40% of the total variance is explained. In EFA, factor loadings for 34 items are between 0.621 and 0.937. After CFA, it is determined that the scale consisted of 32 items and four sub-dimensions. The results of the study show that HELIS is a valid and reliable scale that can be used to assess attitudes and behaviors related to healthy living in adult individuals.
Keywords : Sağlık, Sağlıklı Hayat, Sağlıklı Hayat Tarzı, Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik