Refinement of measures to assess psychosocial constructs associated with skin cancer risk and protective behaviors of young adults.

ABSTRACT: The study's purpose was to select/refine measures assessing psychosocial constructs associated with skin cancer risk/protective behaviors. Cognitive interviewing was conducted with twenty participants locally, and a survey was conducted with 965 adults aged 18-25 years at moderate to high risk of developing skin cancer, recruited nationally online. Psychosocial measures assessed variables from the Integrative Model of Behavior Prediction. As a result of expert review and cognitive interviewing, items were removed, added, and/or made simpler, more personal, consistent, and less ambiguous. A factor analysis resulted in 14 scales and adequate model fit. Internal reliability and test-retest reliability was acceptable to good. Correlations among the psychosocial and behavioral variables were ge

SUBMITTER: Heckman CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5501995 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature