TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a scale to measure adults' perceptions of health
T2 - Preliminary findings
AU - Diamond, James J.
AU - Becker, Julie A.
AU - Arenson, Christine A.
AU - Chambers, Christopher V.
AU - Rosenthal, Michael P.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Given the national agenda on chronic disease self-management, the goal of the project described in this brief report was to develop a scale that measured adult perceptions about health but did not focus on a specific condition. The Perception of Health Scale (PHS) is based on earlier work that used the Health Belief Model as a focus. The 15-item PHS was administered to 322 patients in several settings, and the responses were analyzed by the method of principal components. Four factors emerged that were named: Center of Control, Self-Awareness, Certainty, and Importance of Health, each of which showed high internal consistency by Cronbach's α. Overall, the PHS is of sufficient internal consistency to make it a potentially useful tool in research designed to include a measure of personal beliefs about health.
AB - Given the national agenda on chronic disease self-management, the goal of the project described in this brief report was to develop a scale that measured adult perceptions about health but did not focus on a specific condition. The Perception of Health Scale (PHS) is based on earlier work that used the Health Belief Model as a focus. The 15-item PHS was administered to 322 patients in several settings, and the responses were analyzed by the method of principal components. Four factors emerged that were named: Center of Control, Self-Awareness, Certainty, and Importance of Health, each of which showed high internal consistency by Cronbach's α. Overall, the PHS is of sufficient internal consistency to make it a potentially useful tool in research designed to include a measure of personal beliefs about health.
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U2 - 10.1002/jcop.20164
DO - 10.1002/jcop.20164
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547358308
VL - 35
SP - 557
EP - 561
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
SN - 0090-4392
IS - 5
ER -