Health Belief Model Items (HBM)
Psychology: Health & SleepReliability: varies by domain4 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure operationalizing the Health Belief Model: perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy with respect to a specific health behaviour.
Sample item(s)
“My chances of getting [disease] are great (susceptibility)”
“Having [disease] would be serious (severity)”
“[Behaviour] would reduce my chances of getting [disease] (benefits)”
“[Behaviour] would be inconvenient for me (barriers)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: varies by domain. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational behavioural-health framework.
Source & citation
Champion, V. L., & Skinner, C. S. (2008): The health belief model. In K. Glanz, B. K. Rimer, & K. Viswanath (Eds.), Health behavior and health education (4th ed., pp. 45–65). Jossey-Bass.
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