Adaptation and validation of the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire (WEL) in a Chilean sample.

ABSTRACT: Self-efficacy is a cognitive-emotional factor that is consistently associated with behavioral change and, in particular, with changes in health behavior. Eating self-efficacy, understood as adopting and maintaining behaviors such as controlling one's weight and trusting in one's ability to control one's eating behavior, has been proposed for managing obesity. This study aimed to validate the Chilean version of the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire (WEL) in a sample of adults from the general population. Four hundred sixty-nine individuals (69.08% women, mean age = 38.02; SD = 10.31) participated in the study. An instrumental design was used geared toward developing tests and psychometric instruments, including adapting existing ones. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were

SUBMITTER: Gatica-Saavedra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829987 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature