Presentation of an Attitudes and Beliefs Scale to Assess Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health of Young Males in the Caribbean Region

Bello-Villanueva, AM; Oviedo-Trespalacios, O; Vera-Villarroel, P; Oviedo O.; Rodriguez-Diaz, M; Celis Atenas, K; Pavez P.

Keywords: attitudes, sexuality, reproductive, beliefs, young males

Abstract

This paper presents the construction and testing of the reliability of an instrument to assess attitudes and subjective norms sexual and reproductive behavior of young males. The scale was administered to 965 male students (From of 11 to 19 years) enrolled at school in the Colombian Caribbean region. This work includes two independent studies, in the Study 1 (pilot) the questionnaire consisted of 150 items and it was reduced to 78. In the protective attitude scale (Mean = 4.1 and SD = 1.07) was obtained Cronbach's alpha of 0.93 and for the abstinence/delay attitude (Mean = 3.6 and SD = 1.26) an alpha of 0.88 with high homogeneity. The total correlation item was greater than 0.6 for all the attitude scales. On the scale of beliefs represented by the subjective norms (Mean = 3.79 and SD = 1.08) the estimation of Cronbach's alpha was 0.98 with correlations above 0.66. In Study 2 (final stop), the construct validity assessment using factorial analysis and principal components analysis with VARIMAX rotation reported a satisfactory fit of the data to the array factor. In conclusion, the instrument has a reliable and stable structure for the measurement of attitudes and subjective norms for sexuality and reproductive health, and it is useful to help in the setting of programs.

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Título según WOS: Presentation of an Attitudes and Beliefs Scale to Assess Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health of Young Males in the Caribbean Region
Título de la Revista: UNIVERSITAS PSYCHOLOGICA
Volumen: 13
Número: 1
Editorial: PONTIFICA UNIV JAVERIANA, FAC PSYCH
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página de inicio: 47
Página final: 60
Idioma: Spanish
Notas: ISI