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Kalkan I.
Türkiye Klinikleri Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.9, no.2, pp.237-246, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Abstract
ABS TRACT Objective: Increasing nutrition needs and overcon
sumption of animal-based products have led to an environmental bur
den threatening ecological balance, also chronic diseases, and
increasing medical expenditures. Eco-friendly and sustainable diets re
quire 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 vol
untary participants, who met the research criteria and successfully re
sponded to the qualifying question, were randomly selected. The dataset
was randomly divided into 2 groups - training (n=347) set for reliabil
ity and validity tests, verification (n=500) set for verifying the validity
of the model. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor anal
ysis (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 Sus
tainable and Healthy Eating Behaviors in Turkish young adults.