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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure adolescent

sexual activity and contraceptive use.

AUTHORS

Laustsen KD

SOURCE

Ann Arbor, Michigan, UMI Dissertation Services, 1995. [3], xi, 181 p.

ABSTRACT

Although adolescent sexuality has been the focus of a substantial body of research, the instruments used in many of

these studies lack methodological rigor. Few studies publish their data collection instruments or report measures of

reliability and validity. The purpose of the study reported in this master's thesis was the development and

psychometric testing of a self-administered questionnaire to measure adolescent sexual behavior and contraceptive

use. The draft questionnaire was assessed for content validity by 5 experts and examined for its readability. Then it

was pretested with 25 Canadian students in grades 10-12 before it was administered to 59 additional students. One

month later, the instrument was re-administered to 54 of these students. Item-item correlations between the test and

retest indicate that 42 out of 48 items had significant reliability correlation coefficients over 1 month. Unclear

directions, a small number of respondents who had engaged in anal sex, and a lack of interest in answering the

same questions twice may have affected the stability reliability of these items. Although some open-ended

questions were included to allow teens to define their own frame of reference, these items often produced

inappropriate or nonspecific responses. The reliability of responses about sexual activity in the recent and distant

past tended to reflect the degree of importance respondents placed on the sexual event, the response format, and the

clarity of the question. Among the recommendations to improve the instrument are more close-ended formats on

sexual history items; restriction of contraceptive methods listed to condoms, oral contraceptives, rhythm, and

withdrawal; and simplification of instructions for those who have never had sexual intercourse. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 2534-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to

measure adolescent sexual activity and contraceptive use.", is(are) Laustsen KD. The source of this article is "Ann

Arbor, Michigan, UMI Dissertation Services, 1995. [3], xi, 181 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2534-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7534

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