Construct validity of a mammography processes of change scale and invariance by stage of change

Sandi L. Pruitt, Amy McQueen, Jasmin A. Tiro, William Rakowski, Carlo C. Diclemente, Sally W. Vernon

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Abstract

The development and use of validated processes of change (POC) measures have received little attention in the literature despite their importance in the Transtheoretical Model. Using survey data (N = 2909), we examined the construct validity of a 22-item mammography POC scale by testing for factorial validity and factorial invariance across stage of change. We also used MANOVA with Tukey post-hoc tests to confirm stage differences in POC use (concurrent validity). Our results confirm the a priori correlated four-factor structure of this scale and provide some support for the measurement equivalence of this scale across stage, supporting comparisons of POC use across stage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)64-74
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Health Psychology
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

Keywords

  • Behavior change
  • Mammography
  • Processes of change
  • Stages of change
  • Transtheoretical Model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Psychology

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