Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Media Literacy Scale for university students

It is very important to determine the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages that cause diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in late adolescence. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverag...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2021-06, Vol.40 (6), p.2561-2569
Main Authors: Demir, Dilek, Bektas, Murat, Demir, Senay, Bektas, Ilknur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Beverages
College students
Discriminant analysis
Evaluation
Health aspects
Health literacy
Media literacy
Psychological aspects
Psychological tests
Psychology
Quantitative psychology
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Soft drinks
Sugar
Testing
University students
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Summary:It is very important to determine the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages that cause diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in late adolescence. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Media Literacy Scale aimed at university students. This methodological-descriptive-correlational study was conducted with 884 university students between September 2018 and December 2018. The data were collected using a socio-demographic data collection form and the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Media Literacy Scale. Factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, and item-total correlation were used to evaluate the data. It was determined that the scale consists of 19 items and three sub-dimensions; the three sub-dimensions explained 49.9% of the total variance. In both the explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses, all the factor loads were found to be >0.30. In confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that all of the fit indices were > 0.85 and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-019-00325-7