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Development of Scales to Measure Beliefs of Diabetic Patients
Author(s) -
Given Charles W.,
Given Barbara A.,
Gallin Rita S.,
Condon John W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770060306
Subject(s) - sample (material) , internal consistency , consistency (knowledge bases) , construct (python library) , construct validity , scale (ratio) , psychology , stability (learning theory) , psychometrics , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , computer science , data mining , artificial intelligence , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , programming language
In this article health belief concepts are identified and previous attempts to construct scales for measuring these concepts are critiqued. Using an initial sample of 156 diabetic patients, factor analytic techniques were used to develop measures of the basic concepts of the Health Belief Model. The derived scales from this sample were cross‐validated on a second sample of 92 diabetic patients. The scales were tested for unidimensionality, internal and external consistency, and stability across both samples. The application of these scales to nursing research and practice are discussed.