Şeyda BINAY YAZ, İlknur BEKTAŞ, Sinem BAŞDEMİR, Murat BEKTAŞ
Çocuk Dergisi - 2025;25(4):215-220
Objective: This study examined to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Perceived Healthy Lifestyle Difficulty Scale for adolescents and to adapt it to the Turkish language and culture. Methods: The design of this study was methodological and correlational. The study was conducted with 603 adolescents between April and May 2023. Data were collected using an introductory information form and the Perceived Healthy Lifestyle Difficulty Scale for adolescents. Factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and item-total score analysis were used in the data analysis. Results: The scale had 12 items and two sub-dimensions. It was found that the two sub-dimensions explained 44.58% of the scale variance. The total factor loading was >0.30 in the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. In the confirmatory factor analysis, all the goodness of fit indices were >0.91. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the overall scale is 0.81. Conclusions: The Perceived Healthy Lifestyle Difficulty Scale for adolescents was found to be a valid and reliable scale for the Turkish sample.
