Condom Attitude Scale - Adolescent Version (St. Lawrence et al., 1994)

• Populations: African American Adolescents
• Age ranges: 14-18
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Subscales

• Relationship Safety, 5 Items
• Perceived Risk, 5 Items
• Interpersonal Impact, 4 Items
• Safety, 3 Items
• Effect on Sexual Experience, 3 Items
• Promiscuity, 3 Items

Items by Subscale

Relationship Safety

• A condom is not necessary when you and your partner agree not to have sex with anyone else. (R)
• A condom is not necessary if you’re pretty sure the other person doesn’t have a sexually transmitted disease. (R)
• I wouldn’t use a condom if my partner refused. (R)
• A condom is not necessary if you know your partner. (R)
• A condom is not necessary when you are with the same partner for a long time (R)

Perceived Risk

• I am concerned about catching AIDS or some other sexually transmitted disease.
• I worry that I could catch a sexuallytransmitted disease.
• If I’m not careful, I could catch a sexuallytransmitted disease.
• Using condoms shows my partner I care about him/her.
• If I’m not careful, I could catch AIDS.

Interpersonal Impact

• If my partner suggested using a condom, I would feel relieved.
• If my partner suggested using a condom, I would respect him or her.
• Other people should respect my desire to use a condom.
• I wouldn’t mind if my partner brought up the idea of using a condom

Safety

• Condoms protect against sexuallytransmitted diseases.
• Condoms create a sense of safety.
• If my partner suggested using a condom, I would think he/she was only being cautious.

Effect on Sexual Experience

• Using a condom takes the “wonder” out of sex. (R)
• Condoms take away the pleasure of sex. (R)
• Condoms are messy. (R)

Promiscuity

• People who carry condoms are just lookingfor sex. (R)
• People who carry condoms would have sex with anyone. (R)
• People who use condoms sleep around a lot. (R)

Items from Sacco and Colleagues (1991)

Scoring

Higher scores reflect more favorable attitudes toward condom use (Sacco et al., 1991)

Citations

Lawrence, J. S. S., Reitman, D., Jefferson, K. W., Alleyne, E., Brasfield, T. L., & Shirley, A. (n.d.). Factor Structure and Validation of an Adolescent Version of the Condom Attitude Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Adolescents’ Attitudes Toward Condoms.

Sacco, W. P., Levine, B., Reed, D. L., & Thompson, K. (1991). Attitudes about condom use as an AIDS-relevant behavior: Their factor structure and relation to condom use. Psychological Assessment, 3(2), 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.3.2.265