title: Measuring perceived barriers to condom use: psychometric evaluation of the Condom Barriers Scale.
abstract: A programmatic series of three studies developed and evaluated the Condom Barriers Scale (CBS), an instrument measuring women s perceived barriers to condom use for prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Following item generation and selection, Study 1 evaluated the CBS in a sample of minority women (N = 178), reduced the number of items, assessed the factor structure, evaluated the internal consistency, and explored the convergent validity of the CBS. In Study 2, the CBS was administered to a cross-validation sample (N = 278). Confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency were compared against the original sample and construct, criterion, and discriminant validity were assessed. In Study 3 (N = 30), temporal stability of the CBS was evaluated. The resulting instrument appears to have sound psychometric properties and can be used to measure a key construct in the leading theoretical models of health behavior for which a measure with known psychometric properties previously has not been available.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Jackson State University, USA. nzs4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: St Lawrence
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Chapdelaine
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Devieux
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: O'Bannon
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Brasfield
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Eldridge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014504:Urban Health; D014930:Women / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*