The Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire: Development and Psychometric Testing

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-46

  Gillis, Angela J ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031085099     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aaro, L., Laberg, J., & Wold, B. (1995). Health behaviors among adolescents: Towards a hypothesis of two dimensions. Health Education Research, 10(1), 83-93.
2. Anderson, L. (1985). Life Event Scale-Adolescents. In D.J. Keyser & R.C. Sweetland (Eds.), Test critiques, Vol. 3 (pp. 383-387). Kansas City, MO: Test Corporation of America.
3. Ardell, D.B. (1986). High level wellness. Berkeley, CA: Ten-Speed Press.
4. Canadian Institute of Child Health (1989). The health of Canada's children: A CICH profile. Ottawa: Author.
5. Canadian Institute of Child Health (1994). The health of Canada's children: A CICH profile (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Author.
6. Carson, V., Winkelstein, M., Soeken, K., & Brunins, M. (1986). The effect of didactic teaching on spiritual attitudes. Image, 18(4), 161-164.
7. Child, D. (1970). The essentials of factor analysis. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
8. Donovan, J., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. (1991). Adolescent health behavior and conventionality-unconventionality: An extension of problem behavior theory. Health Psychology, 10, 52-61.
9. Donovan, J., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. (1993). Structure of health-enhancing in adolescence: A latent-variable approach. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 34, 346-362.
10. Duffy, M. (1993). Determinants of health-promoting lifestyle in older adults. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 25(1), 23-29.
11. Ferketich, S., & Muller, M. (1990). Factor analysis revisited. Nursing Research, 39(1), 59-62.
12. Gillis, A. (1994). Determinants of health-promoting lifestyles in adolescent females. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 26(2), 13-28.
13. Gillis, A.J. (1993). The relationship of definition of health, perceived health status, self-efficacy, parental health-promoting lifestyle, and selected demographics to health promoting lifestyle in adolescent females. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin. Dissertation Abstracts International, 9323405.
14. Hansell, S., & Mechanic, D. (1990). Parent and peer effects on adolescent health behavior. In K. Hurrelmann & F. Losel (Eds.), Health Hazards in Adolescence. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
15. Harris, D., & Guten, S. (1979). Health-protective behavior: An exploratory study. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 20(1), 17-29.
16. Jackson, W. (1995). Methods: Doing social research. Scarborough, ON: Prentice-Hall Canada.
17. Kulbok, P. (1985). Social resources, health resources, and preventive health behavior: Patterns and predictions. Public Health Nursing, 2(2), 67-81.
18. Mechanic, D. (1979). The stability of health and illness behavior: Results from a 16-year follow up. American Journal of Public Health, 69, 1142-1145.
19. Mechanic, D., & Cleary, P. (1980). Factors associated with the maintenance of positive health behaviors. Preventive Medicine, 9, 805-814.
20. Millstein, S., Petersen, A., & Nightingale, E. (1993). Promoting the health of adolescents. New York: Oxford University Press.
21. Muhlenkamp, A., & Brown, N. (1983, September). The development of an instrument to measure health practices. Paper presented at the American Nurses' Association Council of Nurse Researchers Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
22. Muhlenkamp, A., & Sayles, J. (1986). Self-esteem, social support, and positive health practices. Nursing Research, 35(6), 334-338.
23. Nunnally, J. (1978). Psychometric theory (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
24. Palank, C. (1991). Determinants of health-promotive behavior: A review of current research. Nursing Clinics of North America, 26(4), 815-832.
25. Pender, N. (1996). Health promotion in nursing practice (3rd ed.). Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange.
26. Pender, N.J., Barkauskas, V.H., Hayman, L., Rice, V.H., & Anderson, E.T. (1992). Health promotion and disease prevention: Toward excellence in nursing practice and education. Nursing Outlook, 40(3), 106-113.
27. Polit, D.F. (1996). Data analysis and statistics for nursing research. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange.
28. Rice, F. (1996). The adolescent: Development, relationships, and culture. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
29. Rosen, D., Xiangdong, M., & Blum, R. (1990). Adolescent health: Current trends and critical issues. Adolescent Medicine, 1(1), 15-33.
30. Tanner, E. (1991). Assessment of a health-promotive lifestyle. Nursing Clinics of North America, 26(4), 845-854.
31. Taylor, S.E. (1986). Health psychology. New York: Random House.
32. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation. (1978). Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire. Stevens Point, WI: Author.
33. VanAntwerp, C. (1995). The Lifestyle Questionnaire for school-aged children: A tool for primary care. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 9, 251-255.
34. VanAntwerp, C., & Spaniolo, A. (1991). Checking out children's lifestyles. Maternal Child Nursing, 16, 144-147.
35. Vernon, M. (1991). Lifestyle, risk taking, and out-of-control behavior. In W.M. Hendee (Ed.), The health of adolescents (pp. 162-181). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
36. Walker, S., Sechrist, K., & Pender, N. (1987). The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile: Development and psychometric characteristics. Nursing Research, 36(2), 76-81.
37. Walker, S., Sechrist, K., & Pender, N. (Personal Communication, 1995). Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha.
38. Wiley, J.A., & Comacho, T. (1980). Lifestyle and future health: Evidence from the Alameda County Study. Preventive Medicine, 9, 1-21.
39. Wingard, D., Berkman, L., & Brand, R. (1982). A multivariate analysis of health-related practices. American Journal of Epidemiology, 116, 765-775.
40. Woods, N. (1981). The health diary as an instrument for nursing research: Problems and promise. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 3(1), 76-92.