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. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mills, Sarah D.; Arredondo, Elva M.; Perez, Lilian G.; Haughton, Jessica; Roesch, Scott C.; Malcarne, Vanessa L.
• Is Part Of: International journal for the psychology of religion. Volume 27:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 188
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Psychology, Religious -- Periodicals; 201.615
• DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2017.1378973
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-8619

Abstract

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.