Psychometric Evaluation of the Spanish Versions of the Perceived Religious Influence on Health Behavior Scale and the Illness as Punishment for Sin Scale in a Sample of Churchgoing Latinas |
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| Authors: | Sarah D. Mills Lilian G. Perez Jessica Haughton Scott C. Roesch Vanessa L. Malcarne |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, CA, USA;2. Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA;3. Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health, San Diego, CA, USA;4. Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Spanish versions of the Perceived Religious Influence on Health Behavior scale and the Illness as Punishment for Sin scale in a sample of churchgoing Latina women (N = 404). For the Perceived Religious Influence on Health Behavior scale, confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the expected one-factor model, internal consistency reliability was good, and there was evidence of convergent validity. For the Illness as Punishment for Sin scale, confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the expected one-factor model, but on a revised seven-item version of the measure. Internal consistency reliability and convergent validity for this revised version were good. It is recommended that future studies use the Perceived Religious Influence on Health Behavior scale and the revised Illness as Punishment for Sin scale when examining these constructs among Latina women. |
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