Early adolescence is an important period for assuring adequate calcium intake to achieve optimal bone health. This study was conducted to develop a measure of psychosocial constructs likely to be associated with young adolescent girls' consumption of high-calcium foods and to evaluate the test-retest reliability and factor structure of the measure. Methods involved: (a) generating a pool of items; (b) a cross-sectional pretest of the survey with a small group; (c) longitudinal administration of the revised survey with a larger group; and (d) statistical analysis to determine psychometric properties of the measures. Seventeen girls completed the pretest and debriefing, and 217 girls participated in the pilot test and test-retest (completion rate 95%). The study took place in Hawaii in late 2002. Coefficient alpha was used to test internal consistency and test-retest reliabilities were calculated. Cluster analyses of the items were performed to evaluate the factor structure of the measure. The resulting measure was a 55-item questionnaire to assess key psychosocial variables in three categories: Social and Environmental Factors (Availability, Social Influence); Attitudes and Preferences (Health Benefits; Preferences; Taste; Weight; Tolerance; Convenience); and Knowledge. The survey had high internal consistency reliability (alpha>.75) and good test-retest reliability (0.73 to 0.78 except for Knowledge, where Spearman's rho=0.41). The study developed a measure with high internal consistency and test-retest reliability to assess constructs that can be used in descriptive, prospective, and intervention research and as possible explanatory or mediating variables.