Development of oral hygiene self-efficacy and outcome expectancy questionnaires

In order to measure social cognitive constructs in the oral hygiene domain, questionnaires containing self‐efficacy and outcome expectation items were developed. Items were generated to measure personal beliefs in brushing and flossing ability tinder a variety of circumstances, and expected outcomes...

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Published in:Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 1997-10, Vol.25 (5), p.337-342
Main Authors: Stewart, James E., Strack, Stephen, Graves, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Attitude to Health
Dental Devices, Home Care
Dental Plaque - prevention & control
Dentistry
Female
Health Behavior
Health Education, Dental
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oral Health
oral hygiene
Oral Hygiene - psychology
Periodontal Diseases - prevention & control
preventive dentistry
Psychometrics
questionnaire construction
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
self-efficacy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tooth Loss - prevention & control
Toothbrushing - psychology
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Summary:In order to measure social cognitive constructs in the oral hygiene domain, questionnaires containing self‐efficacy and outcome expectation items were developed. Items were generated to measure personal beliefs in brushing and flossing ability tinder a variety of circumstances, and expected outcomes from performing oral hygiene behaviors that might be positive, negative, primary and secondary. In the first study, factor scales were developed on the basis of the responses from 90 subjects awaiting dental treatment. Principal components analyses with varimax rotation revealed two self‐efficacy and four outcome expectations dimensions that explained 73% and 51% of the variance, respectively. A second study that utilized 103 government employees was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the questionnaires. All scales demonstrated good internal consistency and test‐retest stability. Correlations with extra test measures provided preliminary evidence for the validity of the instruments.
ISSN:0301-5661
1600-0528
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00951.x