Factor structure and psychometrics of the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior survey instrument. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVES: To explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of data collected with the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior Survey (AHRBS) instrument. METHODS: Measures of the AHRBS instrument were tested using statistical analyses to assess validity and reliability of data collected from a sample of 1992 Indiana adolescents. RESULTS: Factor analyses yielded a 13-factor solution with acceptable model fit statistics. Tests of internal consistency reliability for data in instrument scales ranged from 0.455 to 0.916. Measures were consistent across adolescent subdemographic categories. CONCLUSION: The AHRBS instrument is a valuable tool for investigating adolescent drug use.

authors

• McKyer, Ellisa Lisako
• Smith, Matthew

published proceedings

• Am J Health Behav

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, M. L., McKyer, E., & Larsen, R.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Smith, Matthew Lee||McKyer, E Lisako J||Larsen, Ross AA

publication date

• May 2010

publisher

• JCFCorp SG PTE LTD  Publisher

published in

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adolescent Behavior
• Factor Analysis, Statistical
• Female
• Health Behavior
• Health Surveys
• Humans
• Male
• Psychology
• Psychometrics
• Reproducibility Of Results
• Risk-Taking
• Substance-Related Disorders

PubMed Central ID

• 20001190

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5993/ajhb.34.3.8

start page

• 328

end page

• 339

volume

• 34

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.34.3.8