title: [Development of college students' condom attitude scale].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to design and evaluate a scale for measuring the attitudes toward condom use in sexual relationships.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was administered to 631 college students using a convenience sampling method. The psychometric properties (reliability and validity) were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As a result of the item analysis, 16 items were selected and the internal consistency alpha coefficient was .88. Results indicated that the condom attitude scale is composed of three factors: Interruption of sexual pleasure; Protection; and Image. The three factors accounted for 59.54% of the variance in the total scale. Also, condom attitude was statistically significant (t=7.389, p=.000) between consistent condom users and inconsistent users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results demonstrate that condom attitudes are multidimensional, and the reliability and validity of the scale was supported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea. goodcare@cau.ac.kr
authors.forename: Hee Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Soon-Bok
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D017280:Condoms; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires