In:
Journal of Community Psychology, Wiley, Vol. 35, No. 5 ( 2007-07), p. 557-561
Abstract:
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. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 35: 557–561, 2007.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0090-4392
,
1520-6629
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2007
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1491194-2
SSG:
5,2
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