Using the Testwell wellness inventory and Stages of change measurement questionnaire to measure wellness levels

• Main Author: Richards, Gail Griffin
• Other Authors: Ball State University. Fisher Institute for Wellness.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Graduate students > Health and hygiene.; Health behavior.; Health attitudes.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/185751; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020164

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine whether wellness management students would have higher levels of wellness than students who are not studying wellness, and (b) to determine if the results of the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the results of a standardized wellness measurement questionnaire. The first issue was examined by comparing total wellness levels of wellness management graduate students with total wellness levels of nonwellness management graduate students, as measured by the Testwell Wellness Inventory. There was no statistical difference between the two groups. This suggests that wellness students may not be effective models in their chosen field. The second issue was examined by testing whether the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the Testwell total wellness score. Study results showed that if students scored high in wellness, they would score in a high Stages of Change category. This suggests that the Stages of Change questionnaire may be used to measure readiness for general lifestyle behavior change. === Fisher Institute for Wellness