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- Title
Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Wellness Culture and Environment Support Scale.
- Authors
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Szalacha, Laura A.; Amaya, Megan
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>This study reports on the psychometric properties of the 11-item Perceived Wellness Culture and Environment Support Scale (PWCESS) and its relationship with employee healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors.<bold>Methods: </bold>Faculty and staff (N = 3959) at a large public university in the United States mid-west completed the PWCESS along with healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors scales. Data were randomly split into 2 halves to explore the PWCESS' validity and reliability and the second half to confirm findings.<bold>Results: </bold>Principal components analysis indicated a unidimensional construct. The PWCESS was positively related to healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors supporting the scale's validity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the unidimensional construct (Cronbach's α = .92).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Strong evidence supports the validity and reliability of the PWCESS. Future use of this scale could guide workplace intervention strategies to improve organizational wellness culture and employee health outcomes.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE health promotion; HEALTH behavior; PSYCHOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; PREVENTIVE medicine; HIGHER education statistics; WORK environment &; psychology; CORPORATE culture; FACTOR analysis; HEALTH promotion; RESEARCH evaluation; UNIVERSITY &; college administration; WORK environment; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2018, Vol 32, Issue 4, p1021
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0890117117737676