Teorilerüstü model temelli egzersiz davranışı değişim ölçeklerinin Türk erişkinlerine uyarlaması: Geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik çalışması

Abstract

Aim: Physical inactivity is a major public health problem. The Transtheoretical Model way that a change in behavior as a result of theoretical studies to realize the size of the roof, exercise and physical activity initiatives for community content, application and determined that the evaluation model as a guide. In this research the Transtheoretical Model under the change of behavior used to exercise, exercise stage of change, processes of change in exercise self-efficacy scales of the balance of decision-making and for the Turkish population was carried out to test the validity and reliability. Material and methods: A methodological validity and reliability studies of this type of research conducted in the province of Izmir (n=280). The data was collected according to the questionnaire of socio-demographic factors as well as four scales of the data. For the validity of the instruments; in terms of language, content and construct validity exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used. For the relability of the instruments; cronbach coefficient alpha was calculated as a measure of internal consistency. Results: The reliability test and retest correlation coefficients were as follows: stages of change: 0.81, processes of change: 0.71-0.90, self-efficacy: 0.74-0.90, and scale of the decisional balance was: 0.81-0.93 respectively. Conclusion: The Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change to Exercise in; stages of change, processes of change, self-efficacy and decisional balance instruments for applying to adult Turkish people are a valid and reliable instruments