Development and validation of the climate change health protection behaviors scale for adolescents: a methodological study.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

International Journal of Environmental Health Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-22 DOI:10.1080/09603123.2024.2382903

Aylin Kurt, Fatma Dinç, Emine Güneş Şan, İsmail Berat Uzun

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Abstract

This study aimed to develop and validate the Climate Change Health Protection Behaviors Scale for adolescents. A total of 1036 adolescents were recruited from middle and high schools. The development of the assessment scale was carried out in three steps: item generation, content validity evaluation, and psychometric evaluation. Psychometric testing was conducted to determine the relationship between the resulting factors and the Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale and Climate Change Awareness Scale. A 28-item scale was developed, consisting of four factors that account for 65.0% of the variance. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.874. Additionally, a positive correlation was observed between the Climate Change Health Protection Behaviors Scale and both the Climate Change Awareness Scale and the Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for adolescents. These results suggest that the Climate Change Health Protection Behaviors Scale is a reliable and valid tool for evaluating health protection behaviors related to climate change in adolescents.

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针对青少年的气候变化健康保护行为量表的开发与验证：一项方法学研究。

本研究旨在开发和验证针对青少年的气候变化健康保护行为量表。研究人员从初中和高中共招募了 1036 名青少年。量表的开发分为三个步骤：项目生成、内容效度评估和心理测量评估。为确定所产生的因子与健康生活方式信念量表和气候变化意识量表之间的关系，进行了心理测试。所编制的 28 个项目的量表由四个因子组成，占方差的 65.0%。Cronbach's alpha 值为 0.874。此外，还观察到气候变化健康保护行为量表与气候变化意识量表和青少年健康生活方式信念量表之间存在正相关。这些结果表明，气候变化健康保护行为量表是评估青少年与气候变化相关的健康保护行为的可靠有效的工具。

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International Journal of Environmental Health Research 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

3.10%

发文量

134

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Environmental Health Research ( IJEHR ) is devoted to the rapid publication of research in environmental health, acting as a link between the diverse research communities and practitioners in environmental health. Published articles encompass original research papers, technical notes and review articles. IJEHR publishes articles on all aspects of the interaction between the environment and human health. This interaction can broadly be divided into three areas: the natural environment and health – health implications and monitoring of air, water and soil pollutants and pollution and health improvements and air, water and soil quality standards; the built environment and health – occupational health and safety, exposure limits, monitoring and control of pollutants in the workplace, and standards of health; and communicable diseases – disease spread, control and prevention, food hygiene and control, and health aspects of rodents and insects. IJEHR is published in association with the International Federation of Environmental Health and includes news from the Federation of international meetings, courses and environmental health issues.