Author: Mark D. Faries, Morgan Foster, Autumn Green, Michael Lopez, Mikayla Cole (Texas A&M)

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ABSTRACT

The primary purpose of this exploratory research was to seek initial validation of a measure for use in the Christian population, the Christian Health Internalization Scale (CHIS)— providing a specific, theoretically-supported measure help further our understanding of why certain health behaviors might become internalized into religious values, but not others (particularly related to chronic disease prevention). Findings provide initial support for the validity of CHIS and provide an option for researchers and practitioners who desire to assess how well a health behavior is internalized into one's Christian values and identity, variation across populations, and/or for determining the effectiveness of interventions aimed at enhancing internalization.