Korean J Adult Nurs.  2014 Jun;26(3):300-309. 10.7475/kjan.2014.26.3.300.

Development of Health Dieting Competency Scale for College Students

• Kim J
• Lee Y

• KMID: 2351613
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2014.26.3.300

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to develop a Health Dieting Competency (HDC) scale to assess self-rated health dieting competence of college students.
METHODS
The scale was developed as follows: items generated, and tests of validity and reliability. Items were developed through a literature review, review of instruments, and interviews. A panel of four experts reviewed the scale for content validity. Factor analysis, Pearson correlation, descriptive statistics and Cronbach's alpha were used to analyze the data (N=183).
RESULTS
In the preliminary stage, thirty-three items were generated. Final items were fourteen that were selected through exploratory factor analysis. The HDC scale was consisted with five factors and fourteen items that were Goal-Directed (5-items), Health Support (2-items), Health Self-Efficacy (3-items), Health Perception (2-items), and Escaping from Health (2-items). The internal consistency of HDC as measured by Cronbach's alpha was .78.
CONCLUSION
Content validity, construct validity, and reliability of the HDC were established. The HDC scale is a reliable and valid instrument for early adulthood youth who are willing to assess health dieting competency.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Diet*
Health Promotion
Humans
Mental Competency
Reproducibility of Results
Self-Assessment
United Nations

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  Figure 1 Process of developing health dieting competency scale.

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