Assessing adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention: Instrument development and psychometric properties

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dc.abstract.enEngaging adolescents in obesity prevention is a main objective of the CO-CREATE project. This paper presents the development of a questionnaire to assess readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention among adolescents. The questionnaire was developed based on literature searches and internal discussions with experts in the CO-CREATE consortium. The questionnaire was translated, back translated, and pretested for time and comprehensiveness by adolescents from five countries (the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom). Exploratory factor analysis was performed, and internal reliability of the resulting factors was determined using baseline data from Poland and Norway. Furthermore, test–retest reliability was assessed in a sample of Norwegian adolescents. The exploratory factor analysis on readiness for action identified four factors. Analysis on attitudes toward obesity prevention identified four factors on responsibility and five factors on drivers of behavior. Six of the factors had a Cronbach's alpha value above 0.70, five factors had a value between 0.60–0.70, whereas the remaining two factors were below 0.60. The test–retest correlation ranged from 0.46 to 0.87. The exploratory factor analyzes on readiness for action identified the same factors as hypothesized in the development of the questionnaire, whereas attitudes toward obesity prevention identified more factors than initially assumed. The questionnaire is considered reliable as a tool for measuring adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention.
dc.affiliationInstitute of Psychology
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorGrewal, Navnit Kaur
dc.contributor.authorKlepp, Knut-Inge
dc.contributor.authorBanik, Anna
dc.contributor.authorBröer, Christian
dc.contributor.authorHolbæk, Helene
dc.contributor.authorŁuszczyńska, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorMacauley, Talia
dc.contributor.authorRutter, Harry
dc.contributor.authorLien, Nanna
dc.date.access2023-02-24
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T07:46:34Z
dc.date.available2024-01-11T07:46:34Z
dc.date.created2022-10-15
dc.date.issued2023-02-24
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>Engaging adolescents in obesity prevention is a main objective of the CO‐CREATE project. This paper presents the development of a questionnaire to assess readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention among adolescents. The questionnaire was developed based on literature searches and internal discussions with experts in the CO‐CREATE consortium. The questionnaire was translated, back translated, and pretested for time and comprehensiveness by adolescents from five countries (the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom). Exploratory factor analysis was performed, and internal reliability of the resulting factors was determined using baseline data from Poland and Norway. Furthermore, test–retest reliability was assessed in a sample of Norwegian adolescents. The exploratory factor analysis on readiness for action identified four factors. Analysis on attitudes toward obesity prevention identified four factors on responsibility and five factors on drivers of behavior. Six of the factors had a Cronbach's alpha value above 0.70, five factors had a value between 0.60–0.70, whereas the remaining two factors were below 0.60. The test–retest correlation ranged from 0.46 to 0.87. The exploratory factor analyzes on readiness for action identified the same factors as hypothesized in the development of the questionnaire, whereas attitudes toward obesity prevention identified more factors than initially assumed. The questionnaire is considered reliable as a tool for measuring adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumberCO-CREATE; European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, Grant/Award Number: 774210
dc.description.granttitleConfronting Obesity: Co-creating policy with youth
dc.description.issueS1
dc.description.physical1-11
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume24
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/obr.13533
dc.identifier.issn1467-7881
dc.identifier.issn1467-789X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/347
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13533
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
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dc.subject.enadolescents
dc.subject.enobesity
dc.subject.enprevention
dc.subject.enpsychometric properties
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dc.titleAssessing adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention: Instrument development and psychometric properties
dc.title.journalObesity Reviews
dc.typeJournalArticle
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