TY - JOUR
T1 - The Development of the Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-Brief Version
T2 - Relationship to Quality of Life and Stress in College Students
AU - Dinzeo, Thomas J.
AU - Thayasivam, Umashanger
AU - Sledjeski, Eve M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This project was supported by the Frances R. Lax Faculty Development Grant (Faculty Center, Rowan University) and a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Summer Grant (Office of the Dean, Rowan University).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Society for Prevention Research.
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - The authors describe the development and preliminary evaluation of the Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-brief version (LHQ-B). Three hundred seventy-seven undergraduate students (ages 18–25) participated. Responses were collected through either a web-based or face-to-face survey. Data reductive procedures were used with a preexisting lifestyle inventory to create an abbreviated measure. The relationship between lifestyle domains and indicators of wellbeing (levels of stress and quality of life (QOL)) were also examined. Eight lifestyle domains, encompassing 42 items, were identified and found to have good psychometric properties. The resulting LHQ-B measure can be self-administered/scored and contains norm-referenced feedback. The domains of psychological health, physical health and exercise, and sense of purpose were the best predictors of QOL while psychological health, social concern, and the accident prevention domains predicted levels of stress. The results support the use of the LHQ-B in lifestyle research or as a self-administered measure promoting self-awareness of lifestyle behaviors/attitudes in young adults (18–25 years).
AB - The authors describe the development and preliminary evaluation of the Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-brief version (LHQ-B). Three hundred seventy-seven undergraduate students (ages 18–25) participated. Responses were collected through either a web-based or face-to-face survey. Data reductive procedures were used with a preexisting lifestyle inventory to create an abbreviated measure. The relationship between lifestyle domains and indicators of wellbeing (levels of stress and quality of life (QOL)) were also examined. Eight lifestyle domains, encompassing 42 items, were identified and found to have good psychometric properties. The resulting LHQ-B measure can be self-administered/scored and contains norm-referenced feedback. The domains of psychological health, physical health and exercise, and sense of purpose were the best predictors of QOL while psychological health, social concern, and the accident prevention domains predicted levels of stress. The results support the use of the LHQ-B in lifestyle research or as a self-administered measure promoting self-awareness of lifestyle behaviors/attitudes in young adults (18–25 years).
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U2 - 10.1007/s11121-013-0370-1
DO - 10.1007/s11121-013-0370-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 23417669
AN - SCOPUS:84907289837
SN - 1389-4986
VL - 15
SP - 103
EP - 114
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
IS - 1
ER -