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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Environmental Health and Exposome
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1504189
This article is part of the Research Topic Impact of Environmental Factors on the Health of Children and Older Adults View all 4 articles

Development of the Bisphenol A Exposure Scale in Adults (BESA)

Provisionally accepted
Betül KAPLAN Betül KAPLAN 1*Tülay Ortabağ Tülay Ortabağ 2Ekrem Aslan Ekrem Aslan 3
  • 1 Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Türkiye
  • 2 İstanbul Topkapı Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • 3 Abdulkadir Yüksel Devlet Hastanesi, Gaziantep, Türkiye

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    Objective: This study was conducted to develop a scale for assessing the attitudes of adults regarding the determination of Bisphenol A exposure.The study sample comprised of 370 individuals who volunteered to participate.According to the Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) results of the investigation, a scale structure consisting of a total of 3 sub-dimensions was obtained. In the Confirmatory Factor Analysis, the scale item factor loading values were acceptable.The fit indices for the scale were CMIN/df= 1,618, RMSEA = 0.058, NFI = 0.914, CFI = 0.965, and IFI = 0.790, indicating a satisfactory level of agreement. The scale was determined to have a Cronbach value of 0.79 and a high degree of reliability.The item-total score correlation coefficients of the scale ranged from 0.327 to 0.534 and exhibited a high degree of discrimination, as determined.Based on the analyses conducted, it was determined that the Adult Bisphenol A Exposure Scale is a valid and reliable instrument for determining the attitudes of adults toward contact with and use of Bisphenol A-containing products.

    Keywords: Bisphenol-A, scale, bisphenol-A exposure, Good health and well-being, Responsible consumption and production

    Received: 30 Sep 2024; Accepted: 18 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 KAPLAN, Ortabağ and Aslan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Betül KAPLAN, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Türkiye

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