Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Diet and Exercise Social Support Questionnaire for Thai University Students
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Objective: This study aimed to cross-culturally adapt and validate a social support questionnaire for diet and exercise behaviors for use in Thailand.
Material and Methods: This study undertook the cross-cultural adaptation of a social support questionnaire and assessed its reliability and validity for application in Thailand. Forward–backward translation was conducted to translate the questionnaire from English to Thai. Then, the semantic, idiomatic, experiential, and conceptual equivalences were assessed by 2 experts in adolescent behavior and social support. A cross-sectional study was then conducted on 200 young Thai women with an average age of 18.32 years to test the Thai version of the self-reported social support questionnaire. The content validity was determined from the S-CVI score, and Cronbach’s alpha was computed to estimate the internal consistency of the scale.
Results: The Thai translated version showed an average equivalence score of 0.92–1 and an S-CVI of 0.93. The respective Cronbach’s α for the diet and exercise modules were 0.91 and 0.81.
Conclusion: This is the first Thai language social support questionnaire to assess diet and exercise behaviors and will be advantageous for health promotion or weight management programs in Thailand.
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