Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-Brief (LHQ-B)
The Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-Brief (Dinzeo et al., 2014) was developed as a measure for researchers, health professionals, and students and assesses 8 domains of lifestyle habits. This measure contains the questionnaire in addition to a scoring sheet that provides norms-based feedback on lifestyle habits.
The LHQ-B measure is available without charge for use in non-commercial academic research if the appropriate citation is provided (see below). If the measure is translated into another language, we ask that the translated version be appropriately vetted, and then shared with our research group (email dinzeo@rowan.edu) so we may provide that version on this website at no cost to other researchers. There are no further permissions necessary.
Original citation (norms and psychometrics included in text):
Dinzeo, T.J., Thayasivam, U., & Sledjeski, E.M. (2014). The development of the Lifestyle and Habits Questionnaire-brief version: Relationship to quality of life and stress in college students. Prevention Science, 15(1), 103-114. doi:10.1007/s11121-013-0370-1
Selected articles utilizing the LHQ-B:
Fominienė, V. B., Fominaitė, M., & Sipavičienė, S. (2024, May). Physical Activity Knowledge and Personal Habits with Recommendations for Patients: Self-Assessment by Primary Care Physicians. In Healthcare (Vol. 12, No. 11, p. 1131). MDPI
Knight, E. L. (2022). Two Routes to Status, One Route to Health: Trait Dominance and Prestige Differentially Associate with Self-reported Stress and Health in Two US University Populations. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 8(4), 461-488.
Dinzeo, T. J., & Thayasivam, U. (2021). Schizotypy, lifestyle behaviors, and health indicators in a young adult sample. Behavioral Sciences, 11(12), 179.
John E. Eze, Charles T. Orjiakor, Steven K. Iorfa & Chiamama John (2020) Beyond criminality: exploring associations between psychopathic traits and lifestyles among non-offenders in sub-Saharan Africa, The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 31:4, 473-489, DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2020.1768278
Vahedi Kojnagh, H., Afshari, A., Rezaei Malajagh, R., Eghbali, A., Taheri, M. (2020). The Prediction of the Elderly’s Life Satisfaction Based on Health-Promoting Lifestyle. Aging Psychology, 6(3), 297-285. doi: 10.22126/jap.2020.5626.1455
Ashley M. Araiza, Antonio L. Freitas; Do People Devalue Sources of Threatening Health Feedback Particularly When Its Criteria Are Ambiguous and Its Consequences Enduring?. Collabra: Psychology 1 January 2020; 6 (1): 17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.259
Alessandra Sarcona, Laura Kovacs, Josephine Wright & Christine Williams (2017) Differences in Eating Behavior, Physical Activity, and Health-related Lifestyle Choices between Users and Nonusers of Mobile Health Apps, American Journal of Health Education, 48:5, 298-305, DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2017.1335630