Instrument Development to Measure Self-Efficacy for diet in patients with schizophrenia

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24790622
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: Aomori University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: HARUYUKI Ito 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (70457737)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自己効力感 / 尺度作成 / 統合失調症 / 食事調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was aimed to develop a scale for measuring the self-efficacy Scale for Schizophrenia patient's diet. Final year of the study, were collected patients with schizophrenia data of 88 people. "Scale of Self-Efficacy for diet in patients with schizophrenia" of item 49 that was created last year as a result of the factor analysis, has been narrowed down to item 21.
Reliability of the scale Cronbach α coefficient showed a stable internal consistency and 0.89. In addition, it was confirmed that it has secured a criterion-related validity of a relatively high correlation with other psychological measure (Self-esteem scale of Rosenberg, Self-efficacy measure of Sakano et al.).

Free Research Field

精神保健学