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Adolescent and Young Adult Condom Self-Efficacy Scale

The Adolescent and Young Adult Condom Self-Efficacy Scale measures the latent variable, condom self-efficacy, with parsimony and reliability to assess a range of behaviors for condom use and to evaluate effectiveness of strategies to increase perceived condom self-efficacy among young people.

Developed by:

Kathleen M. Hanna

Measure domains:

Communication Self-Efficacy

Consistent Use Self-Efficacy

Correct Use Self-Efficacy

Items and subscales:

19 items

Outcomes predicted:

Regular and irregular condom use

Cronbach's alpha:

0.85

subscales range from 0.72 - 0.78

Study population(s):

Adolescents ages 13-26 attending a county/city health department clinic, a university student health services clinic, and a teen clinic in a Midwestern city.

Measure validated?:

Y

Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:

Uses in Other Studies:

Closson, K., Dietrich, J., Lachowsky, N. J., Nkala, B., Cui, Z., Chia, J., . . . Miller, C. L. (2018). Gender differences in prevalence and correlates of high sexual self-efficacy among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa: Implications for gender-sensitive research and programming. AIDS Care, 30(4), 435-443

Citation of original article

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Hanna, K. M. (1999). An adolescent and young adult condom self-efficacy scale. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 14(1), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0882-5963(99)80061-X