THE HEALTH CONCERN QUESTIONNAIRE (1987) and 1971
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1970, 1987
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The 50 item HEALTH CONCERN QUESTIONNAIRE was first created as a master’s thesis at the University of Oregon in 1970. The items were obtained from a literature review and those suggested by students in a personal health class. This instrument contains 50 items pertaining to health issues for which college students college students had concerns. Subjects were requests to indicate their degree of concern for each item using a 5 point Likert scale. In 1987 the questionnaire was revised. The revised questionnaire was included with the "Student Alcohol Questionnaire and the CODE" questionnaire for test-retest reliability and for testing hypotheses concerning health concerns, codependency, and alcohol related behaviors.
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In 1987 older terminology was changed. “Atomic warfare” was changed to “nuclear warfare,” “varicose veins” was eliminated and changed to “AIDS;” “venereal disease” was changed to “sexually transmitted disease. “ A mean health concern score was determined for each student by summing the degree of concern for each item. Factor analysis on the updated questionnaire revealed two factors. The correlation between the two factors was positive (r=.58), thus the 50 items were considered one factor for calculation of a total score . Construct validity and re-validation of the internal consistency of the instrument were also undertaken. Cronbach's alpha (r= .96), Spearman-Brown's split half technique(r= .92) and Guttman's split half technique(r = .92) were found. Details on the RE-VALIDATION of the questionnaire are found in a paper in the repository at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17251.
RESEARCH PAPERS using this questionnaire can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=dateissued; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=dateissued and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=dateissued.
ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued
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Health concerns, college students, health issues, lifestyle, health, illness
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Engs, Ruth (1987, 1970) THE HEALTH CONCERN QUESTIONNAIRE. Unpublished Master's Thesis. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. 1970. Retrieved from IUScholarWorks: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17250
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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.
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Questionnaire