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Turkish Adaptation of Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behavior Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study on Young Adults
Sürdürülebilir ve Sağlıklı Beslenme Davranışı Ölçeği'nin Türkçe Uyarlaması: Genç Erişkinlerde Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması
Aysun YÜKSELa , Ayhan PARMAKSIZb , Hülya YILMAZ ÖNALc , Indrani KALKANd , Aydan ERCANe
aUniversity of Health Sciences Faculty of Hamidiye Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ankara, Türkiye
bİstanbul Health and Technology University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, İstanbul, Türkiye
cİstanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, İstanbul, Türkiye
dİstanbul Medipol University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, İstanbul, Türkiye
eTrakya University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, İstanbul, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2024;9(2):237-46
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2023-99014
Article Language: EN
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ABSTRACT
 Objective: Increasing nutrition needs and overconsumption of animal-based products have led to an environmental burden threatening ecological balance, also chronic diseases, and increasing medical expenditures. Eco-friendly and sustainable diets require understanding consumers' attitudes towards health, nutrition, and the environment for their implementation. In this study, the aim is to adapt the Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behavior Scale to Turkish for young adults. Material and Methods: A reliability and validity study was conducted on students from three universities. A total of 847 voluntary participants, who met the research criteria and successfully responded to the qualifying question, were randomly selected. The dataset was randomly divided into 2 groups - training (n=347) set for reliability and validity tests, verification (n=500) set for verifying the validity of the model. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted for validity and Cronbach's alfa value was taken into account for determining the reliability of the scale. Factor loadings of 0.500 or more for items, were accepted as reliable and valid for the adapted scale. The level of significance was taken as p<0.05. Results: Adapted scale had 7 factors with 22 items. Cronbach alfa value was 0.898 for the total scale score. Standardized estimates obtained by CFA were statistically significant in both training and verification sets, thus verifying the construct validity (p<0.001). Conclusion: The adapted scale was found to be a valid and reliable tool to measure Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behaviors in Turkish young adults.

Keywords: Sustainable nutrition; Sustainable Healthy Eating Scale; validity; reliability; Turkish scale
ÖZET
 Amaç: Artan beslenme ihtiyacı ve hayvansal kaynaklı ürünlerin aşırı tüketimi, ekolojik dengeyi tehdit eden çevresel bir yüke, ayrıca kronik hastalıklara ve artan tıbbi harcamalara yol açmaktadır. Çevre dostu ve sürdürülebilir diyetlerin uygulanabilmesi için tüketicilerin sağlık, beslenme ve çevreye yönelik tutumlarını anlamak gereklidir. Bu çalışmada, Sürdürülebilir ve Sağlıklı Beslenme Davranışı Ölçeği'nin genç erişkinler için Türkçeye uyarlanması amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma 3 üniversiteden öğrenciler ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışma kriterlerini karşılayan ve eleme sorusuna başarılı bir şekilde cevap veren rastgele seçilmiş toplam 847 öğrenci çalışmaya dâhil edilmiştir. Veri seti geçerlik ve güvenirlik testleri için eğitim seti (n=347) ve modelin geçerliliğini doğrulamak için doğrulama seti (n=500) olarak rastgele ikiye ayrılmıştır. Geçerlik için açımlayıcı faktör analizleri ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri (DFA) yapılmış ve ölçeğin güvenirliğinin belirlenmesinde Cronbach alfa değeri dikkate alınmıştır. Maddelerin faktör yüklerinin 0,500 ve üzeri olması uyarlanan ölçek için geçerli ve güvenilir kabul edilmiştir. Anlamlılık düzeyi p<0,05 olarak alınmıştır. Bulgular: Uyarlanan ölçekte 22 madde ile 7 faktör bulunmaktadır. Ölçek toplam puanı için Cronbach alfa değeri 0,898'dir. DFA tarafından elde edilen standartlaştırılmış tahminler hem eğitim hem de doğrulama setlerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuş ve yapı geçerliği doğrulanmıştır (p<0,001). Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, Sürdürülebilir ve Sağlıklı Beslenme Davranışı Ölçeği'nin Türkçe formunun genç erişkinler için geçerli ve güvenilir bir araç olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Sürdürülebilir beslenme; Sürdürülebilir Sağlıklı Beslenme Ölçeği; geçerlik; güvenirlik; Türkçe ölçek
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