Sexual Health Behavior Intention Scale (Pai, Lee & Yen 2011)
- Populations: Adolescent Girls
- Age ranges: 12-15
- Languages: Chinese
- Countries: Taiwan
Items
Subscales:
- Avoiding Sexual harassment / Violence
- Delaying Dating by saying No
- Having protected sex
Items not reported and no examples given
Responses:
Items used 5 point Likert-type scale, 1 = not at all likely, 5 = highly likely
Scoring
“The items were rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = not at all likely to 5 = highly likely, with higher scores corresponding to more positive outcome intentions related to sexual health behaviour.” (Pai, Lee & Yen 2011)
Citations
Pai, H., Lee, S., & Yen, W. (2012). The effect of sexual self‐concept on sexual health behavioural intentions: A test of moderating mechanisms in early adolescent girls. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(1), 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05710.x
Team comments
This measure validated as part of a set of three measures: the Sexual Health Behavior Intention Scale, Sexual Self Concept Inventory, and Parental / Friends’ Approval of Sexual Behavior Scale (Pai, Lee, & Yen 2011)
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Green: Face validity
- Unknown: Convergent validity
- Green: Construct validity
Reliability
- Green: Internal consistency
- Unknown: Test-retest
Ease of use
- Green: 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
