Purpose: This study was performed to develop a scale of outdoor school safety behavior in Korean elementary students.
Methods: A list of 40 items were selected by priori experiences of school health teachers and a literature review. For evaluation of the appropriateness of the 32 items, questionnaires were reviewed by an expert group which was consisted of 10 professionals. Validity of the 31 items was screened in this process with 4 point Likert scale.
Using the preliminary tool, data were collected from 684 subjects for item analysis and factor analysis. A total of 26 items were remained, and items with the lower than 0.2 item7total correlation coefficient were removed. Factor analysis was done with these 26 items, and 26 items with factor loadings higher or equal to 0.4 were remained.
Relsult: 1. Cronbach´s alpha for the 26 items was 0,70
2. Five factors were identified with eigen value 1.0
These contributed 51.617% of the variance in the total score.
3.Each factor was labled´ vonobserbance of safety rulle´, ´good habit for safety´, ´careless action´, ´lack of safety knowledge´, ´ injurious action to friend
It is suggested that this scale could be used to measure outdoor school safety behaviors among elementary students in Korea.
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