Development of an Instrument Measuring Perceived Environmental Healthfulness: Behavior Environment Perception Survey (BEPS).

Autor: McNamara J; School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME., Olfert MD; Department of Human Nutrition and Foods, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV., Sowers M; Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN., Colby S; Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN., White A; School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME., Byrd-Bredbenner C; Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ., Kattelmann K; Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD., Franzen-Castle LD; Nutrition and Health Sciences Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE., Brown O; Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL., Kidd T; Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS., Shelnutt KP; Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Horacek T; Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY., Greene GW; Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Electronic address: ggreene@uri.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nutrition education and behavior [J Nutr Educ Behav] 2020 Feb; Vol. 52 (2), pp. 152-161. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.09.003
Abstrakt: Objective: To create a tool to measure college students' perception of the healthfulness of their environment.
Design: (1) Item generation, (2) cognitive interview testing and exploratory factor analysis, (3) item refinement/modification, (4) factor structure validation, and (5) criterion validation.
Setting: Ten college campuses.
Participants: Time point 1 (n = 120 cognitive interviews; n = 922 factor analysis); time point 2 (n = 2,676), convenience sample of undergraduate students.
Main Outcome Measures: Cognitive interviews and survey data were used to assess perceptions about the environment.
Analysis: Exploratory factor analysis, structural equation confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, and regressions.
Results: Item generation resulted in 93 items. Items were eliminated based on cognitive interviews, exploratory factor analysis of pilot data, and elimination of cross-loading or weak loading items. In confirmatory analyses, a 21-item, 5-factor structure was the best fit for the data (χ 2  = 3,286.77, degrees of freedom = 189; comparative fit index = 0.840; root-mean-square error of approximation = 0.078). Environmental factors include physical activity (α = 0.68, 4 items), healthful eating (α = 0.86, 5 items), mental health (α = 0.85, 5 items), barriers to healthful eating (α = 0.70, 4 items), and peer influences (α = 0.73, 3 items). There were significant associations between scales and validation criteria (P < .05).
Conclusions and Implications: The Behavior Environment Perception Survey is a novel instrument measuring perceptions of the healthfulness of the campus environment. Strengths include a development process involving 10 different universities, strong psychometric properties, and breadth of constructs.
(Copyright © 2019 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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