{ "abstract": "Background: Health promotion within the university setting requires valid and reliable instruments to identify factors related to lifestyle, emotional well-being and mental health among staff. Although the Life Conditions Scale (LifeConScale) had previously been validated in adolescents, there were no instruments specifically integrating these dimensions for university personnel. Therefore, adaptation and validation for use with higher education professionals is necessary.\n\nObjective: To adapt the LifeConScale and examine its psychometric properties in university staff, including Teaching and Research Staff and Technical, Management, Administrative and Services Staff.\n\nMaterials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 440 professionals from two universities in Spain and Colombia. The instrument was adapted via a Delphi process with health and health-promotion experts. Common-factor exploratory factor analysis with parallel analysis and oblique rotation assessed internal structure; Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett’s test evaluated sampling adequacy. Reliability was estimated with McDonald’s omega. Measurement invariance for core dimensions (personal wellbeing, anxiety, physical activity) between countries was examined through nested multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (configural, metric and scalar).\n\nResults: Sampling adequacy was adequate (KMO = 0.850; p < 0.001). Parallel analysis and common-factor exploratory factor analysis with oblique rotation identified seven interpretable factors: personal wellbeing, anxiety, physical activity, snacking, leisure screen use, social media use, and fruit and vegetable intake. The Personal Wellbeing Index and GAD-7 showed no cross-loadings and a moderate latent correlation, supporting discriminant validity; the AUDIT-C was retained as an independent validated scale scored with its original algorithm. Reliability (McDonald’s omega) was excellent for anxiety (ω = 0.929), wellbeing (ω = 0.922) and social media (ω = 0.920), and good for physical activity (ω = 0.859), leisure screens (ω = 0.795), fruit and vegetables (ω = 0.760) and snacking (ω = 0.753). Heterogeneous dietary and sleep indicators were treated as formative and not aggregated into summative scores.", "abstract_shown": true, "affiliations": [ "Faculty of Health Science, International University of Valencia", "Research Group in Community Health and Care SALCOM, International University of Valencia", "Sapienf (B53_23R) Research Group, Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza", "Health Center “Valdespartera-Montecanal”, Aragón Health Care System (SALUD)", "Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, University of Valencia", "Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza", "GRUPAC Research Group, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja", "Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León (INCYL), Lab-12, Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Calle Pintor Fernando Gallego", "Division of Scientific Research and Innovation in Emergency Medical Service, Department of Emergency Medical Service, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Wroclaw Medical University", "Faculty of Health Science, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana IBERO" ], "article_type": "research article", "arxiv": null, "author_total": 12, "authors": [ { "affs": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ], "name": "Beatriz Sánchez-Hernando" }, { "affs": [ 4 ], "name": "Patricia Marín-Maicas" }, { "affs": [ 0, 1 ], "name": "Jorge Casaña-Mohedo" }, { "affs": [ 0, 1 ], "name": "Ana Pellín-Carcelén" }, { "affs": [ 0 ], "name": "Luís López-Pérez" }, { "affs": [ 2, 5 ], "name": "Emmanuel Echaniz-Serrano" }, { "affs": [ 1, 6, 7 ], "name": "Raúl Juárez-Vela" }, { "affs": [ 8 ], "name": "Michal Czapla" }, { "affs": [ 3 ], "name": "Pablo Roche-Soguero" }, { "affs": [ 9 ], "name": "Nohora Dulfay Bohórquez-Martínez" }, { "affs": [ 9 ], "name": "Marisol Urrego-Aguilera" }, { "affs": [ 0, 1 ], "name": "Vicente Gea-Caballero" } ], "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/67vat8kf2t4tr.bib", "cited_by": 0, "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598", "fulltext_url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13727601/?tool=EBI", "id": "67vat8kf2t4tr", "issns": [ "2296-2565" ], "landing_url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598/full", "language": "eng", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0", "licence_source": "article", "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "metadata_licence": null, "native_subjects": [ [ "heading", "Original Research" ], [ "openalex", "1803|Psychometric Methodologies and Testing" ] ], "openalex": "W7223013283", "pdf_url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598/pdf", "pmcid": "PMC13727601", "pmid": "42978779", "published": "2026-10-20", "publisher": "Frontiers Media SA", "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/67vat8kf2t4tr.ris", "sources": [ { "first_seen": "2026-10-30T12:20:24Z", "native_id": "10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598", "source": "crossref", "url": "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598/full" }, { "first_seen": "2026-11-04T15:20:46Z", "native_id": "PMC:PMC13727601", "source": "europepmc", "url": "https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13727601" }, { "first_seen": "2026-11-06T12:23:27Z", "native_id": "PMC13727601", "source": "pmc", "url": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1945598" } ], "subjects": [ { "field": "medicine", "origin": "issn:2296-2565", "subfield": "epidemiology-public-health" } ], "title": "Adaptation and psychometric properties of the life conditions scale in university staff: a study in Spain and Colombia", "title_text": "Adaptation and psychometric properties of the life conditions scale in university staff: a study in Spain and Colombia", "type": "peer-reviewed", "updated_at": "2026-11-07T12:20:45Z", "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/67vat8kf2t4tr", "venue": "Frontiers in Public Health", "versions": [] }