title: Reliability, Validity, and Associations with Sexual Behavior among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions Relationships with Parents and Other Adults.
abstract: Little research has been done on the social contexts of adolescent sexual behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of a longitudinal cohort study (N=1275) of teenage girls and boys in two Ghanaian towns, interviewers administered a 26 item questionnaire module intended to assess four dimensions of youth-adult relationships: monitoring conflict, emotional support, and financial support. Confirmatory factor and traditional psychometric analyses showed the four scales to be reliable. Known-groups comparisons provided evidence of their validity. All four scales had strong bivariate associations with self-reported sexual behavior (odds ratios = 1.66, 0.74, 0.47, and 0.60 for conflict, support, monitoring, and financial support). The instrument is practical for use in sub-Saharan African settings and produces measures that are reliable, valid, and predictive of sexual behavior in youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University.
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bingenheimer
authors.affiliation: Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research, University of Ghana.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Asante
authors.affiliation: Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research, University of Ghana.
authors.forename: Clement
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahiadeke
keywords: adolescents; culture; family processes; parent/child relations; sexuality
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