J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2010 Jun;19(2):229-240. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.2.229.

Development of a Korean Risk Behavior Scale for Middle School Adolescents

• Park HS
• Jo GY

• KMID: 2321836
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.2.229

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to develop a risk behavior scale for Korean middle school adolescents.
METHODS
The process included construction of a conceptual framework, initial items, verification of content validity, selection of secondary items, and extraction of final items. The participants were 717 adolescents from six middle schools in three cities. Item analysis, factor analysis, criterion validity, and internal consistency were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS
Fifty seven items were selected for the final scale, and categorized into 4 factors explaining 48.11% of total variance. The factors were labeled as latent problem behavior (38 items), suicidal behavior (7 items), runaways (3 items), and internet negative use (9 items). The scores for the scale were significantly correlated with crisis. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 57 items was .92.
CONCLUSION
The above findings indicate that the risk behavior scale has good validity and reliability when used with Korean middle school adolescents.

Keyword

Adolescents; Risk behavior

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Child
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Homeless Youth
Humans
Internet
Reproducibility of Results
Risk-Taking*

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