The Ucla Multidimensional Condom Attitudes Scale

Validity in a Sample of Low-Acculturated Hispanic Women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6064530
AutoresJennifer B Unger (0000-0001-9064-6603), Gregory B Molina (0000-0002-4905-4670, University of Southern California)
Año1999
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas199-211
Fecha de publicación1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0739986399212006
OpenAlexW2079321179
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

Condom use can prevent unintended pregnancy, HIV infection, and other sexually transmitted diseases. Unfortunately, scales assessing attitudes toward condom use have not been validated in Hispanic samples. Low-acculturated Hispanic women (N = 291) completed the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Multidimensional Condom Attitudes Scale (MCAS). The MCAS contains five subscales: Reliability and Effectiveness, Pleasure, Identity Stigma, Embarrassment About Negotiation and Use, and Embarrassment About Purchase. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the factor loadings of the questionnaire items on the five factors. The model fit and factor structure were similar to results originally obtained with a college student sample. Higher education was associated with higher scores on Pleasure and lower scores on Identity Stigma, whereas financial strain was associated with higher scores on Embarrassment About Negotiation and Use and Embarrassment About Purchase. Results suggest that the MCAS can be used to assess condom attitudes among low-acculturated Hispanic women

Condom · Confirmatory factor analysis · Embarrassment · Family medicine · Structural equation modeling · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology