Abstract
Historically our most effective preventative course of action during pandemics has been health behaviors. Wearing masks, washing your hands, social distancing, and shopping remotely aid in lessening the viral spread. The Pandemic Health Behaviors Survey (PHBS) was created to address a lack of existing measurements related to health behaviors during a pandemic. Empirical support was found for the structure of the PHBS and its three subscales, Consumer Distancing, Social Distancing, and Disinfecting Behaviors. Analyses evaluated the structure of the scale utilizing an exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Goodness of fit indices indicated an adequate fit and items loaded sufficiently on identified subscales. The PHBS shows evidence of reliability and validity.