Journal of Psychiatry

Psychometric properties of the healthy family life style scale

28^th International Conference on Psychiatry & Psychology Health

May 06-07, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nadereh Sohrabi Shekefti

Islamic Azad University, Iran

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Introduction: Life style is an important factor in life quality. Life style refers to the set of habits and behaviour that one does daily, weekly and monthly. According to the action-reaction principle in systems theory, all our actions or behaviour will follow with an emotional, cognition and behavioural reaction. Generally, these actions are selected by individuals consciously. Based on these two (action-reaction principle and conscious selection), what an individual feels, is the result of his/her selection. As individuals are agent to choose their behaviour and life style is a choice for choosing, selecting a specific life style (as a set of action) will make a specific consequence for him/her. So, life style is a good predictor for life quality. The main goal in the research was to develop a healthy life style scale.

Method: The sample consisted of 300 college students in Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University. A 28 items scale was used to assess healthy life style. These items were pooled based on sim-structural interview with 30 married persons between 25 to 58 years old. All participants filled out the scale. Principle factor analysis was run to test factor structure of the scale.

Results: The results of the factor analysis showed a seven factor structure for the family life style scale. These factors named: emotional relationship, privet time with close people, time for fun and play, effective social network, respect and appreciation, quality of sleep and, physical activity. The result revealed an acceptable reliability for these factors.

Conclusion: In sum, the results of the research showed that the healthy family life style scale is a valid and reliable scale to assess life style.

Biography :

Nadereh Sohrabi Shekefti has completed her PhD from Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz city. She is the Executive Director of Journal of Psychological Models and Methods. She has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals. She is Faculty Member of Department of Psychology at Islamic Azad University. Also, she is a Manager of the Aramesh Center in Shiraz and Chair Member of Shiraz Psychology Association.

E-mail: sohrabi_sh2006@yahoo.com