Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire for Ecuadorian University Students (EVS-EUE)

Abstract

University students are considered a key population in promoting and establishing healthy lifestyles that will ensure a full life for the next generations. The purpose of this study was to do a cultural and linguistic adaptation of the healthy lifestyle questionnaire for Ecuadorian university students (EVS-EUE). Two thousand, one hundred and eight (2108) students from 17 to 19 years old (27%), 20 to 24 years old (57%), and over 24 years old (16%) participated (M = 21.81 years; SD = 3.04). A confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency analysis, and concurrent validity were conducted. The results of the EVS-EUE Questionnaire presented adequate values (χ2/d.f = 9.02, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.96, Incremental Fit Index (IFI) = 0.96, McDonald Fit Index (MFI) = 0.91, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) = 0.94, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.06, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) = 0.03). The internal consistency showed values above 0.70, and analyzed its concurrent validity, reaching adequate values. This study has provided a valid and reliable questionnaire to evaluate healthy lifestyles in the Ecuadorian population.

Validity and Reliability of the Portuguese Version of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire—EVS III

“…These results are in line with previous research using the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire [1,5,[24][25][26][27] and highlight the importance of each of the seven dimensions in understanding and studying healthy lifestyles. If we detail the results of the research that used the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire [1,5,[24][25][26][27] with those obtained in our study, they all present adequate psychometric properties [18,28,29], highlighting the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire in the six published studies and in the present study as well as an adequate and reliable instrument for the assessment of lifestyles.…”

“…Regarding concurrent validity, the bivariate correlation analysis between the variables that constitute the EVS III and BREQ 3 showed significant associations in the expected sense, evidencing adequate concurrent validity tested in this work, mainly with the motivation continuum proposed by the Theory of Self-determination [10,11]. This trend corroborates the concurrent validity trend observed in previous instrument validations [1,5,[24][25][26][27]. Taking as a reference a previous meta-analysis investigation [31] including a large sample of non-experimental studies, it was determined that there is a strong relationship between the Self-Determination Theory assumptions [10,11] and behavior adoption or maintenance that promote health.…”

“…At the same time, there were reduced means in the dimensions of tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption and consumption of other drugs, showing the theoretical importance underlying the construct of healthy lifestyles. These descriptive trends were also observed in various studies underlying the use of the Healthy Lifestyles Questionnaire [1,5,[24][25][26][27].…”

“…In all models tested, the standardized loading factors were all statistically significant (p < 0.01), thus we can conclude that at the analytical level, the results presented by model three are more satisfactory (Figure 1). EVS vp-Portuguese preliminary version [24]; EVS-Portuguese version [25]; EVS sp-Castilian version [26]; EVS II-Portuguese version [5]; EVS II sp-Castilian version [1]; EVS eq-Ecuadorian version [27]; EVS III-Present version of the Portuguese validation. After a detailed analysis of the global results (Table 4), the third model that was tested indicated a reasonable fit of the Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire-EVS III: χ 2 = 644.6828, p = 0.000, df = 168, χ 2 /df = 3.84, NFI = 0.901, TLI = 0.902, CFI = 0.921, IFI = 0.922, MFI = 0.900, GFI = 0.909, AGFI = 0.901, RMR = 0.073, SRMR = 0.059, RMSEA = 0.059.…”

Análisis diferencial de variables psicológicas relacionadas con el compromiso para la práctica deportiva en universitarios durante el confinamiento por la COVID-19

“…Sin embargo, muy pocos estudios que relacionan variables psicológicas con el compromiso para la práctica físico-deportiva se han desarrollado en el contexto de confinamiento por la COVID-19, tal es el caso de los realizados en España por Angosto et al (2020), en el cual, se buscó identificar los motivos y el compromiso con la actividad física durante y luego de esta situación de confinamiento, o el de Leyton-Román & Jiménez-Castuera (2021), que analizó qué variables motivacionales predecían la autoeficacia y el compromiso con la práctica deportiva.…”