Validation of Scores on the Lifestyle Practices and Health Consciousness Inventory With Black and Latinx Adults in the United States: A Three-Dimensional Model

Abstract

The author tested the psychometric properties of the Lifestyle Practices and Health Consciousness Inventory (LPHCI), an interdisciplinary healthcare screening tool, with a stratified random sample (N = 4,009) of Black and Latinx adults in all 50 states. Results of EFA, CFA, higher-order CFA, and multiple-group CFA all supported a 3-dimensional LPHCI model.

Keywords:

• Lifestyle practices and health consciousness inventory
• interdisciplinary health care
• internal structure
• psychometrics

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on Contributor

Michael T. Kalkbrenner is an Associate Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology at New Mexico State University. His research agenda is centered on two primary themes, including (a) psychometrics and college student mental health and (b) measurement and evaluation of dimensions of integrated mental and physical wellness.

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM103451.

Notes on contributors

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