Attitudes Toward Condom Use Scale (Masa & Chowa, 2014)

Perceptions and beliefs regarding and affecting use of condoms in adolescents; 13 items / 3-4 item subscales, Ages M = 15

Populations: Adolescents
Age ranges: Range not reported, M = 15.33
Languages: English
Countries: Ghana

Items

Subscales

Perceived Benefits, 3 Items
Perceived Barriers, 4 Items
Perceived Severity, 3 Items
Perceived Susceptibility, 3 Items

Items by Subscale:

Perceived Benefits

Condoms are effective in protecting against HIV/AIDS.
Condoms are effective against sexually transmitted infections.
Condoms are effective in preventing pregnancy.

Perceived Barriers

Condoms reduce sexual pleasure.
Condoms are unreliable because they can break.
The price of condom is too high to use regularly.
Condom use can be bad for health.

Perceived Severity

HIV/AIDS is deadly.
HIV/AIDS cannot be cured.
HIV/AIDS can prevent people from enjoying life.

Perceived Susceptibility

People my age can get infected with HIV/AIDS.
People my age are worried that they might get HIV/AIDS.
A person my age could get HIV/AIDS by having sex with someone without using a condom.

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Masa, R. D., & A. Chowa, G. (2014). HIV risk among young Ghanaians in high school: Validation of a multidimensional attitude towards condom use scale. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 19(4), 444-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2014.963629

Scoring breakdown

Measure development

Significant design input from young people
Cognitive interviews with young people
Expert input

Validity

Green: Face validity
Unknown: Convergent validity
Green: Construct validity

Reliability

Unknown: Internal consistency
Unknown: Test-retest

Ease of use

Unknown: Readability

Definitions

Face validity: How well a measure appears to represent the construct it is supposed to be measuring.

Convergent validity: How well a measure correlates with other hypothetically-related measures.

Construct validity: The extent to which a measure reflects the construct it was designed to evaluate.

Internal consistency: The extent to which items in a scale capture aspects of the same construct.

Test-retest: The degree to which measurement scores are consistent over a short period of time (usually 2 weeks).

Readability: The ease with which a reader can understand the questionnaire items.

Key

Green: Meets validation criteria
Red: Does not meet validation criteria
Unknown: Evidence not available