Reliability, Validity, and Associations with Sexual Behavior among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions Relationships with Parents and Other Adults.
Reliability, Validity, and Associations with Sexual Behavior among Ghanaian Teenagers of Scales Measuring Four Dimensions Relationships with Parents and Other Adults.
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加纳青少年与父母和其他成年人四个维度关系量表的可靠性、有效性及其与性行为的关联。
DOI：
10.1177/0192513x13497349
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Ahiadeke C
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作者：
Bingenheimer JB;Asante E;Ahiadeke C
关于撒哈拉以南非洲青少年性行为的社会背景的研究很少。作为一个纵向队列研究（N=1275）的一部分，十几岁的女孩和男孩在加纳的两个城镇，面试官管理的26项问卷调查模块，旨在评估四个方面的青少年与成人的关系：监测冲突，情感支持和经济支持。经验证性因素分析和传统的心理测量学分析，四个量表具有较好的信度。已知群体的比较提供了证据，他们的有效性。所有四个量表都与自我报告的性行为有很强的双变量关联（冲突、支持、监测和经济支持的比值比分别为1.66、0.74、0.47和0.60）。该工具在撒哈拉以南非洲环境中实用，并产生可靠，有效和预测青年性行为的措施。
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.