title: Evaluating the validity and reliability of a modified schedule of sexist events: implications for public health research on women's HIV risk behaviors.
abstract: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of a modified version of the Schedule of Sexist Events-Lifetime (SSE, Klonoff & Landrine, 1995) (SSE-LM) and its applicability to women's HIV risk behaviors. Participants included a multi-ethnic baseline sample of women (N = 754) between the ages of 18 and 39 years (M = 22.43) who attended family planning clinics in the San Francisco Bay area. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that a higher-order factor model provided a satisfactory and a more parsimonious account for correlations among the measure's four sexism factors than a single latent factor model. Scale reliability for the SSE-LM was excellent (Cronbach' s alpha = .89). Structural equation modeling results demonstrated that the SSE-LM is associated with women's sexual risk behaviors with secondary partners, but not primary partners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, 1505 Race Street, Mailstop 1032, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. Lisa.Bowleg@drexel.edu
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bowleg
authors.forename: Torsten B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Neilands
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health