Translation and Validation of a Condom Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) Chinese Version

AIDS Educ Prev. 2016 Dec;28(6):499-510. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2016.28.6.499.

Abstract

The English version of the Condom Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) was translated, back-translated, and tested among a representative sample of the Hong Kong general population. It then underwent reconsolidation, confirmation, and validation following standard procedures. Construct validity was performed by exploratory factor analysis and item-scale correlation. Independent t-test and effect size were used to identify the score differences between consistent and non-consistent condom users. The factor loading scores of 14 items ranged between 0.749 and 0.884. Cronbach's alpha for the traditional Chinese version of CSES (CSES-TC) was 0.96 for the overall scale. The CSES-TC was highly correlated with self-reported condom use among the 265 participants who indicated they had been sexually active in the past 12 months. The CSES-TC demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties in terms of validity, reliability, and sensitivity. This scale can be used as an instrument to measure condom use efficacy for condom promotion and intervention purposes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology*
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data*
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Male
  • Psychometrics / instrumentation
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Safe Sex
  • Self Efficacy*
  • Sexual Partners / psychology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
  • Translating