. Parvaneh Taymoori; . Babak Moeini; . David Lubans; . Mitra Bharami
Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
Background: Lifestyle choices and individuals’ behaviors have the potential to influencehealth and improve the quality of life. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to developand ...
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Background: Lifestyle choices and individuals’ behaviors have the potential to influencehealth and improve the quality of life. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to developand psychometrically test an instrument for measuring healthy lifestyle in Iranian adolescents.Materials and Methods: A comprehensive literature review related to health‑promoting lifestyleswas used to identify potential scale items. Data were collected from 797 school students. Constructvalidity was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) wasused to cross‑validate. Results: Nine factors emerged that explained 59.8% of the variance inthe 43 items. Cronbach’s a coefficient Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire was r=0.82. After themodel was modified, the fit indices indicated that the data were an adequate‑to‑good fit to theproposed models. Conclusions: The current study provides some support to the internal andexternal validity of the healthy lifestyles questionnaire for Iranian adolescents.