Perceptions of Peers’ Contraception Use (Wang et al., 2007)
- Populations: Female Adolescents and Young Adults
- Age ranges: 15.1-19.8
- Languages: Mandarin
- Countries: Taiwan
Items
6 Items In total,
Example Item:
“My peers use contraceptives every time when they have sex.”
Responses
Items used a 5 item ordinal response format ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree
Scoring
“Possible scores range from 0 to 24, with a higher total score indicating that participants perceive their peers as having more involvement in contraception” (Wang et al., 2007)
Citations
Wang, R., Wang, H., Cheng, C., Hsu, H., & Lin, S. (2007). Testing a model of contraception use behavior among sexually active female adolescents in taiwan. Research in Nursing & Health, 30(6), 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20222
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
- Green: 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
