Research Article
Concurrent and Convergent Validity of the Simple Lifestyle Indicator Questionnaire
Table 2
Pearson’s correlation coefficients of concurrent and convergent validity.
| SLIQ component | Validity criterion | Correlation () | Pvalue () |
| Diet | DHQ (vegetables/fruits/grains) | 0.679 | 0.001 | Physical activity | Pedometer (average steps/day) | 0.455 | 0.002 | Alcohol | DHQ (alcohol) | 0.665 | 0.001 | Stress | SRRS | −0.264 | 0.001 | SLIQ lifestyle score | Eight-question scale developed by Spencer et al. [19] | 0.475 | 0.001 | SLIQ lifestyle score | Self-assessed health on the SF36 (Question 1) | 0.303 | 0.001 |
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