Reliability, Validity, and Associations With Sexual Behavior Among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions of Relationships With Parents and Other Adults

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ID2347351
AutoresJeffrey B Bingenheimer (0000-0002-1427-0402, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA), Elizabeth A Asante (University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana), Clement Ahiadeke (University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)
Ano2015
Volume36
Fascículo5
Páginas647-668
Data de publicação2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x13497349
PMID25821286
PMCIDPMC4373453
OpenAlexW2163145636
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas46

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, respectively). 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

Bivariate analysis · Cohort · Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Logistic regression · Odds · Predictive validity · Sexual behavior · Structural equation modeling · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology