Sexual Self-Efficacy (Bordeau, 2004)

Sense of self capacity to engage in various sexual risk-reducing behaviours in adolescents and young adults; 40 Items / 9-11 Item subscales, Ages 12-21

Populations: Middle-Late Adolescents and Young Adults
Age ranges: 12-21
Languages: English
Countries: United States

Items

Subscales

Anxiety,11items
Arousal, 10 items
Exploration, 9 items
Commitment, 10 items

Responses

Items used a either a 5 point Likert-type scale, 1 = very uncertain, 5 = absolutely certain, or a categorical response format “something [participant] could not do” or “something [participant] could do.”

Scoring

Not reported

Citations

Bourdeau, E. (2004). Constructing a Sexual Self: Latino Adolescent Sexuality [PhD Dissertation, Purdue University]. ProQuest Theses and Dissertations
Buzwell, S., & Rosenthal, D. (1996). Constructing a sexual self: Adolescents’ sexual self-perceptions and sexual risk-taking. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 6(4), 489-513.

Team comments
This measure was developed alongside two other measures for a set of three including: Sexual Self-Efficacy, Sexual Self-Esteem, and Sexual Self-Beliefs (Bordeau, 2004)

Scoring breakdown

Measure development

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

Validity

Unknown: Face validity
Unknown: 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