Confirmatory factor analysis of the 8RNEVS scale in a sample of Mexican university students

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https://doi.org/10.19141/2237-3756.lifestyle.v11.n00.pe1878

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Healthy Lifestyle, Statistical Factor Analysis, Validation Study, Behavioral Medicine

Abstract

Objective: To perform a confirmatory validity test of the 8 Natural Remedies for a Healthy Lifestyle (8RNEVS) scale and verify the model's goodness-of-fit indices in students from a denominational university.

Method: A quantitative methodological study with a cross-sectional design aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the 8RNEVS scale by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), convergent, and discriminant validities in a sample of 350 students from a university in Northern Mexico was realized. The study was evaluated and endorsed by the Research Committee of the participating institution.

Results: The confirmatory validity test of the 8RNEVS scale showed satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices (X²/gl = 1.593; RMSEA = 0.046; GFI = 0.916; IFI = 0.955; TLI = 0.944; CFI = 0.954). The composite reliability, assessed through the omega coefficient, was higher than 0.70 in all dimensions. In addition, the scale demonstrated convergent validity (AVE ≥ 0.500), and the square root of the AVE exceeded the correlations between latent variables, evidencing the presence of discriminant validity.

Conclusion: The 8RNEVS scale presents confirmatory validity, convergent and discriminant validities in its dimensions, and high composite reliability. This suggests that it is a reliable and valid tool to inquire about using these eight natural remedies to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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Francisco Nilson Gonçalves Balbé , Instituto Federal do Tocantins (IFTO), Campus Palmas, Tocantins, (Brasil)

Mestrado em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS, Mato Grosso do Sul, (Brasil). Professor titular do Instituto Federal do Tocantins (IFTO), Campus Palmas, Tocantins.

Omar Arodi Flores Laguna , Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México)

Doctorado en Administración Negocios, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México).

Jose Leonardo Jimenez Ortiz, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México)

Maestría en Salud Pública, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México).

Emerald Branson Francis, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México)

Maestría en Salud Pública, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo León, (México).

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2024-12-20

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Gonçalves Balbé , F. N., Flores Laguna , O. A., Jimenez Ortiz, J. L., & Francis, E. B. (2024). Confirmatory factor analysis of the 8RNEVS scale in a sample of Mexican university students. Journal of Interdisciplinary Lifestyle Studies, 11(00), e1878. https://doi.org/10.19141/2237-3756.lifestyle.v11.n00.pe1878

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