Escalas de Intencion F-M - Intention Scales F-M (Bello-Villanueva et al., 2013)

Sexual behaviours which might protect or put someone at risk of pregnancy or STIs in children, adolescents, and young adults; 6 Items, Ages 11-19

Populations: children, adolescents, and young adults
Age ranges: 11-19
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Colombia

Items

Items are divided into Male and Female targeted versions of the measure

Female items - exact wording not available

Dispuesta tener relaciones proximo mes (willigness to have sex in the next month)
Dispuesta quedar embarazada proximo mes (willigness to get pregnant in the next month)
Dispuesta quedar embarazada antes de 18 (willigness to get pregnant before 18)
Dispuesta tener relaciones antes de 18 (willigness to have sex before age 18)
Planeo tomar AE tener relaciones evitar embarazo (planning to take emergency contraception to avoid pregnancy)
Planeo tomar AO tener relaciones evitar embarazo (planning to take oral contraception to avoid pregnancy)

Male items - exact wording not available

Dispuesto embarazar proximo mes (willigness to get partner pregnant in the next month)
Dispuesto embarazar antes de 18 (willigness to get partner pregnant before 18)
Dispuesto tener relaciones proximo mes (willigness to have sex in the next month)
Dispuesto tener relaciones antes de 18 (willigness to have sex before age 18)
Planeo usar condon evitar embarazo (planning to use condoms to avoid pregnancy)
Planeo usar condon evitar ITS (planning to to use condoms to avoid STIs)

Responses

Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale with 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Bello-Villanueva, A. M., Palacio, J., Rodríguez-Díaz, M., & Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (2013). Medición de la Intención en la Actividad Sexual en Adolescentes: Una Aproximación de Acuerdo al Género del Caribe Colombiano. Terapia psicológica, 31(3), 343–353. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48082013000300009

Scoring breakdown

Measure development

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

Validity

Green: Face validity
Green: Convergent validity
Green: 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