Condom Self-Efficacy (Zimmerman et al., 2007)

Perceived capacity for effective condom use in adolescents; 6 Items, Ages 13-16

Populations: Adolescents
Age ranges: 13-16
Languages: English
Countries: United States

Items

Sample Item:

“I feel confident that I would remember to use a condom even after I have been drinking.”

Responses

Items used a 5 point scale to indicate agreement or disagreement with individual items.

Scoring

“Higher scores indicate higher self-efficacy”

(Zimmerman et al., 2007)

Citations

Brien, T. M., Thombs, D. L., Mahoney, C. A., & Wallnau, L. (1994). Dimensions of self-efficacy among three distinct groups of condom users. Journal of American College Health, 42(4), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.1994.9939665
Rick S. Zimmerman, Seth M. Noar, Sonja Feist-Price, Olga Dekthar, Pamela K. Cupp, Eric Anderman & Sharon Lock (2007) Longitudinal Test of a Multiple Domain Model of Adolescent Condom Use, JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH, 44:4, 380-394, DOI:
10.1080/00224490701629506

Team comments
This measure was originally validated with university students (Brien et al., 1994). However, this validation was carried out with a university student sample, and so only the adapted version of this scale (Zimmerman et al., 2007) is presented here.

Scoring breakdown

Measure development

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

Validity

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

Reliability

Green: 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