Validity and Reliability of the Exercise Health Belief Model Scale

Authors : Necmettin ÇİFTCİ, Hasibe KADIOĞLU

Pages : 369-374

Doi:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.659112

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Publication Date : 2020-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Exercise Health Belief Model Scale  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EHBMS);. Methods: This methodological study was conducted in 2018-2019 academic year with students from two universities located in east and  west provinces of Turkey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n= 743);. The sociodemographic data and those from the EHBM scale were collected. This five-point likert-type scale  consists of 32 items and five factors. Construct and content validities were used to evaluate the validity of the scale, and its reliability was  investigated with item-total correlation, internal consistency and test-retest method. Results: The content validity index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CVI); of the scale was 0.98. While the Cronbach Alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.87, the alpha values of  the factors were as following: 0.87 for general health value, 0.76 for beliefs about the vulnerability of not exercising, 0.87 for beliefs about the  severity of not exercising, 0.87 for beliefs that exercising can reduce threats, and 0.77 for beliefs that the benefits exceed the costs of exercising.  The test-retest correlation value was 0.88 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); for the whole scale. The model fit indices of the five-factor structure of the scale were found  to be good. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the Exercise Health Belief Model Scale was found to be a valid and reliable scale.
Keywords : Exercise, Health Belief Model, Reliability, Scale, Validty