TY - JOUR
T1 - Validating the theoretical structure of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) across three different health behaviors
AU - Levesque, Chantal S.
AU - Williams, Geoffrey C.
AU - Elliot, Diane
AU - Pickering, Michael A.
AU - Bodenhamer, Bradley
AU - Finley, Phillip J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grant R01-MH59594, cofunded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Cancer Institute. We also want to acknowledge the supplemental funds that were provided for cross-site activities. We want to thank the other sites that provided data for this cross-site analysis: OHSU, Emory University and Stanford University.
Funding Information:
In October of 1997, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences announced a Request for Applications focusing on ‘Innovative Approaches to Disease Prevention Through Behavior Change’. Investigators were challenged to advance the science of health behavior change. Subsequently, 15 sites were funded by the NIH, with additional support from the American Heart Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and formed the Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) [12, 13]. The Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) is a theoretically derived scale which assesses the degree of autonomous self-regulation regarding why people engage or would engage in healthy behavior, enter medical treatment, follow a treatment regimen or participate in a screening procedure to prevent disease. The BCC investigators were offered versions of the TSRQ to assess self-regulation for abstaining from tobacco, eating a healthier diet and getting regular physical activity, and four sites used the TSRQ in their studies. The goal of this paper is to describe the validation of the TSRQ across these four sites and three health behaviors.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Nearly 40% of mortality in the United States is linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet and sedentary lifestyle. Autonomous self-regulation of health-related behaviors is thus an important aspect of human behavior to assess. In 1997, the Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) was formed. Within the BCC, seven health behaviors, 18 theoretical models, five intervention settings and 26 mediating variables were studied across diverse populations. One of the measures included across settings and health behaviors was the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ). The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of the TSRQ across settings and health behaviors (tobacco, diet and exercise). The TSRQ is composed of subscales assessing different forms of motivation: amotivation, external, introjection, identification and integration. Data were obtained from four different sites and a total of 2731 participants completed the TSRQ. Invariance analyses support the validity of the TSRQ across all four sites and all three health behaviors. Overall, the internal consistency of each subscale was acceptable (most α values >0.73). The present study provides further evidence of the validity of the TSRQ and its usefulness as an assessment tool across various settings and for different health behaviors.
AB - Nearly 40% of mortality in the United States is linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet and sedentary lifestyle. Autonomous self-regulation of health-related behaviors is thus an important aspect of human behavior to assess. In 1997, the Behavior Change Consortium (BCC) was formed. Within the BCC, seven health behaviors, 18 theoretical models, five intervention settings and 26 mediating variables were studied across diverse populations. One of the measures included across settings and health behaviors was the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ). The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of the TSRQ across settings and health behaviors (tobacco, diet and exercise). The TSRQ is composed of subscales assessing different forms of motivation: amotivation, external, introjection, identification and integration. Data were obtained from four different sites and a total of 2731 participants completed the TSRQ. Invariance analyses support the validity of the TSRQ across all four sites and all three health behaviors. Overall, the internal consistency of each subscale was acceptable (most α values >0.73). The present study provides further evidence of the validity of the TSRQ and its usefulness as an assessment tool across various settings and for different health behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1093/her/cyl148
DO - 10.1093/her/cyl148
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17138613
AN - SCOPUS:34548730872
SN - 0268-1153
VL - 22
SP - 691
EP - 702
JO - Health Education Research
JF - Health Education Research
IS - 5
ER -