Multivariate Analysis of Dimensionality in Health Attitude Structure.

Veenker, C. Harold; Torabi, Mohammad R.

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ERIC Number: EJ290689

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Publication Date: 1983

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Multivariate Analysis of Dimensionality in Health Attitude Structure.

Veenker, C. Harold; Torabi, Mohammad R.

Health Education (Washington D.C.), v14 n7 p16-21 Nov-Dec 1983

Researchers evaluated the construct validity of attitude measures containing feeling, belief, and intention-to-act components. Evidence strongly suggests that treating these three factors as unidimensional concepts is inadequate for measuring health attitudes--a multidimensional approach is needed. (PP)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Health Education, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Multidimensional Scaling, Multivariate Analysis, Physical Health, Research Methodology, Test Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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