Sexual Relationship Rights Measure (Berglas et al., 2017)

• Populations: Hispanic adolescent population in Los Angeles, California
• Age ranges: 13-15* see team comments
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Final measure not provided in paper, items listed here are the original pool of items used to generate the final measure.

Item stem:

A person who is in a sexual relationship with a steady partner (like a boyfriend or girlfriend) always has the right to…

• say no to sex
• know if partner is having sex with someone else
• stop having sex with partner at any time
• insist on using condoms or birth control
• insist that partner get tested for STIs or HIV
• say what they need or want
• ask about partner’s past sexual experiences
• talk about what they want to do when having sex
• end the relationship for any reason they choose
• talk about condoms or birth control
• tell partner that they would like to have sex
• talk about what does/doesn’t feel good during sex
• have time away from their partner
• have equal say in all decisions about sex
• say no to sexual things that make them uncomfortable
• refuse to have sex, without giving a reason why
• stop what they’re doing during sex at any time

Responses:

Each item is measured on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree)

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

Nancy F. Berglas, Norman A. Constantine, Petra Jerman & Louise A.Rohrbach (2017) Development and Assessment of Measures of Adolescents’ Attitudesabout Sexual Relationship Rights, International Journal of Sexual Health, 29:2, 135-146, DOI:10.1080/19317611.2016.1256364

Team comments

Per (Berglas et al., 2017), 90% of sample were 14 or 15 years old, 9% 13 or younger, 1% 16 or older.  For <13 and >16 sample, age range not provided, range edited to 13-15 for brevity.