The adolescent menstrual attitude questionnaire, part I

Scale construction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15218409
AutoresJanice M Morse (0000-0002-9017-1940, Pennsylvania State University, autor de correspondencia), Dianne Kieren, Dianne K Kieren (University of Alberta), Joan L Bottorff (0000-0001-9724-5351, University of British Columbia), Joan Bottorff
Año1993
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas39-62
Fecha de publicación1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399339309516025
PMID8454525
OpenAlexW1642952585
IdiomaFR
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas13

A valid, reliable, and age-appropriate instrument to measure adolescent responses to menarche was constructed. The Adolescent Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire is a 5-point Likert scale (with six sub-scales) with versions for pre- and postmenarcheal girls. Scale development included (a) content validation, (b) testing (with 860 premenarcheal and 1,013 postmenarcheal girls), (c) discriminant analysis (to identify items unique to the pre- and postmenarcheal experience, (d) construct validity using principal component factor analysis, and (e) reliability analysis. Development of the scale revealed that on some dimensions, the attitudes of premenarcheal girls were qualitatively different from those of postmenarcheal girls. Thus, the final versions of the Adolescent Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire consist of 58 items each, with 43 common items, 4 common items that load on different subscales, and 11 unique items. Reliabilities (r) are .91 and .90 for the pre- and postmenarcheal versions, respectively

Construct validity · Content validity · Developmental psychology · Likert scale · Menarche · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Endometriosis Research and Treatment · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Psychology