Safe Sex Behavior Questionnaire (Lou & Chen, 2009)
- Populations: Middle and Late Adolescents
- Age ranges: Recruited through Taiwanese Junior college classes (a typical age group of approximately 15-20)
- Languages: Not reported
- Countries: Taiwan
Items
Subscales
- Use of Condoms, 5 Items
- Avoidance of Body Fluids, 3 Items
- Avoidance of Risky Behaviours, 3 Items
Examples not reported
Responses
Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale, 1 = “strongly disagree” and 5 = “strongly agree”
Scoring
Higher scores indicated higher safe sex behaviour.
Citations
Lou, J. H., & Chen, S. H. (2009). Relationships among sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and safe sex behaviour among adolescents: A structural equation model. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(12), 1595– 1603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.05.017
Miaochen Long, Qiulian Xu, Yue Xie, Yue Ren, Ying Zheng & Changmin Niu (2024) Contraception and Reproductive Health Measurement Instruments for Adolescents and Youth: A Scoping Review, International Journal of Sexual Health, 36:4, 584-596, DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2024.2388262
Team comments
The Avoidance of Body Fluids and Avoidance of Risky Behaviours subscales did not reach our threshold for internal consistency adequacy.
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Green: 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
