Abstract
This study set out to translate Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale and to test its properties on a Romanian sample. The study included 502 participants. The structural validity, convergent validity, criterion validity and reliability were evaluated for the Romanian version. The exploratory factor analysis highlighted six factors. The confirmatory factor analysis upheld the correctness of the six-subscale model as presenting a good fit for the 34-item version. Convergent validity was supported by the fact that the constructs included in the model correlated significantly with similar constructs evaluated using other questionnaires. In terms of criterion validity, those women who perceived fewer barriers and more cues to action and had greater self-efficacy practiced more frequent breast self-examination. α Cronbach coefficients ranged between .74 and .87 and test-retest correlation coefficients for the six subscales fell between .47 and .69. The Romanian version of the Champion Health Belief Model Scale is valid and reliable tool.
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Data is available on the osf.io registry with registration doi https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2MFS6. Also, the syntax, the code used and the tools described in this section are available on request.
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Ştefănuţ, A.M., Vintilă, M. & Sârbescu, P. Psychometric properties of the Romanian version of Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale for breast self-examination. Curr Psychol 42, 18626–18640 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03064-4
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