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Arch Hellen Med, 43(6), November-December 2026, 828-832 ORIGINAL PAPER Health Behavior Inventory-Short Form Translation and validation in Greek A. Katsiroumpa,1 O. Konstantakopoulou,1 I. Moisoglou,2 O. Galani,3 M. Tsiachri,1 P. Galanis1 |
OBJECTIVE To translate and validate the Health Behavior Inventory-Short Form (HBI-SF) in a sample of the general population in Greece.
METHOD We used the forward-backward translation approach to adapt the HBI-SF for the Greek language. To assess reliability, we calculated Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency and performed a test-retest analysis to evaluate stability through the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Construct validity was tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while concurrent validity was determined by examining correlations between HBI-SF scores and those from the Online Misinformation Susceptibility Scale (OMISS).
RESULTS We found that the HBI-SF had very good reliability since ICC for the test-retest for the factor "diet" was 0.995, for the factor "proper use of health care resources" was 0.996, for the factor "anger and stress" was 0.998, and for the factor "substance use" was 0.977. Moreover, Cronbach's coefficient alpha for the four factors was greater than 0.70. CFA showed that the Greek version of the HBI-SF had a four-factor structure as the original version. Concurrent validity of the Greek version of the HBI-SF was satisfactory since we found positive correlations between the four factors of the HBI-SF and the OMISS.
CONCLUSIONS The Greek version of the HBI-SF is a reliable and valid tool to measure health behaviors in the general population.
Key words: Greek, Health Behavior Inventory-Short Form, Health behaviors, Reliability, Validity.
