Beliefs regarding Pregnancy and Contraceptive Use (Bender & Kosunen, 2005)

• Populations: Sexually active adolescents & young adults
• Age ranges: 17-20
• Languages: English
• Countries: Iceland

Items

Subscales:

• Seriousness of Pregnancy: 4 items
  
•  Benefits of Contraceptive Use: 4 items
  
•  Control: 5 items
  
•  Barriers to Contraceptive Use: 6 items
  
•  Interpersonal Influences of Friends: 4 items
  
•  Interpersonal Influences of Parents: 5 items

All items by subscale:

I. Seriousness of pregnancy

• Unplanned pregnancy would cause me serious trouble
• I would no doubt have to quit school if I would get pregnant/cause pregnancy
• Having a child is too big an undertaking for me now
• It would be a great shock for me/us to get a positive pregnancy test

II. Benefits of contraceptive use

• It is important to know the partner well before having intercourse
• I find it easy to use contraceptive methods
• It is a minor undertaking to go to a physician to get contraceptives
• It is important to start using safe contraception at first intercourse

III. Control

• Often it is enough to rely on being lucky
• It depends on myself if I get pregnant/cause pregnancy
• I can control my life
• I have planned to have children when I am ready for that
• It is risky not to use contraceptive methods

IV. Barriers to contraceptive use

• It needs courage to buy condoms
• Use of condoms reduces sexual pleasure
• It is difficult to make plans for the use of contraceptives
• It can often be difficult to use a condom
• It is important not knowing anyone when going to the pharmacy to get a contraceptive method
  
• It is important to go to another community to obtain contraceptive method

V. Interpersonal influences of friends

• I most often follow my friends advise
• Most of my friends find it easy to use contraceptives
• Most of my friends have had sexual intercourse
• .Many of my friends have been to a doctor to get contraceptives

VI. Interpersonal influences of parents

• My parent wants me to use a contraceptive method
• My parents know that I use contraceptives
• I find it easy to discuss contraceptive methods with my parents
• It is easier to use contraceptives when parents know about it
• I most often follow the advice of my parents

Responses:

“All the belief statements were measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale, where strongly agree = 5.0, agree = 4.0, neutral = 3.0, disagree = 2.0, and strongly disagree = 1.0.”  (Bender & Kosunen, 2005)

Scoring

not reported

Citations

Bender, S. S., & Kosunen, E. (2005). Teenage Contraceptive Use in Iceland: A Gender Perspective. Public Health Nursing, 22(1), 17–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.22104.x.

Team comments

please note the following internal consistency measures (Cronbach’s Alpha)

• Full Scale: α = .55
• Seriousness of Pregnancy: α = .76
• Benefits of Contraceptive Use: α < .54
• Control: α < .54 Barriers to Contraceptive Use: α < .54
• Interpersonal Influences of Friends: α < .54
•  Interpersonal Influences of Parents: α = .62