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Attitude towards health promotion in university students. Construction and validation of a scale

To construct and validate a questionnaire about the attitude of university students toward health promotion. A cross-sectional study. A questionnaire of 14 questions was designed and administered to 1486 first-year undergraduates. The principal axes factoring method with oblique rotation was applied...

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Published in:Gaceta sanitaria 2024, Vol.38, p.102395, Article 102395
Main Authors: García-Padilla, Francisca María, Sánchez-Alcón, Miriam, Sosa-Cordobés, Elena, Ortega-Galán, Ángela María, Garrido-Fernández, Almudena
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Summary:To construct and validate a questionnaire about the attitude of university students toward health promotion. A cross-sectional study. A questionnaire of 14 questions was designed and administered to 1486 first-year undergraduates. The principal axes factoring method with oblique rotation was applied and a confirmatory factor analysis was carried out. Reliability was calculated through internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha and item-total correlation for the global scale and its subscales. A 14-item scale was constructed, with two dimensions. Its Cronbach's alpha was 0.872, and 0.852, and 0.718 for its subscales. The adjustment values of the confirmatory factor analysis were adequate. The attitude towards health promotion scale has shown to have adequate psychometric properties. It is an instrument that will help to detect referents and health assets for future interventions. Construir y validar un cuestionario sobre la actitud de los estudiantes universitarios hacia la promoción de la salud. Estudio transversal. Se diseñó un cuestionario de 14 preguntas y se administró a 1486 estudiantes universitarios/as de primer curso. Se aplicó el método de factorización de ejes principales con rotación oblicua y se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio. La fiabilidad se calculó mediante la consistencia interna con el alfa de Cronbach y la correlación ítem-total para la escala global y sus subescalas. Se construyó una escala de 14 ítems con dos dimensiones. Su alfa de Cronbach fue 0,872, y para sus subescalas 0,852 y 0,718. Los valores de ajuste del análisis factorial confirmatorio fueron adecuados. La escala de actitud hacia la promoción de la salud ha demostrado tener propiedades psicométricas adecuadas. Es un instrumento que ayudará a detectar referentes y activos de salud para futuras intervenciones.
ISSN:0213-9111
DOI:10.1016/j.gaceta.2024.102395