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 (𝜌)	Pvalue (𝛼=0.05)
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