Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Social Comparison Uses Scale

青少年怀孕预防：社会比较使用量表

• 批准号: 6455266
• 负责人: BETH B TIGGES
• 金额: $ 14.88万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6455266
• 关键词: Hispanic Americans; adolescence (12-20); age at pregnancy; age difference; analytical method; behavioral /social science research tag; caucasian American; child psychology; clinical research; contraceptives; family planning; gender difference; human subject; method development; nursing research; prevention; psychological tests; psychometrics; psychosexual development; questionnaires; racial /ethnic difference; self concept; sex behavior; social perception; social psychology

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) The reduction of unintended adolescent pregnancy is a goal of Healthy People 2010. Yet pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents have shown limited effectiveness to date. An understanding of the psychological processes that lead to adolescent pregnancy would allow development of more effective prevention programs. Social comparison (comparing one?s self to other people) is a psychological process that may have significant implications for adolescent pregnancy prevention. The primary aim of this study is to develop an instrument-Social Comparison Uses Scale (SCUS) to describe adolescents? uses of social comparisons related to pregnancy prevention. A secondary aim is an exploratory examination of the relationships between adolescents? uses of social comparisons, stage of behavioral change for abstinence and contraceptive behavior, and behavioral self-esteem. In Part I eight focus groups (N=64) of 9th-grade (13-15 years old) adolescents will be recruited from public high school health education classes. Student populations from both high schools in the study are predominantly Hispanic and non-Hispanic white. Dimensions for the SCUS, as defined in the model for instrument development, will be confirmed or modified and items will be developed using content analysis of focus group data. The items will be assessed by five content validity experts and then pilot-tested with 40 9th-grade students. In Part II, the preliminary 40-item SCUS will be administered to 450 9th and 10th-graders from a public high school to determine reliability and further evidence of validity. Cronbach?s alpha will be used to estimate reliability. Construct validity will be examined using common factor analysis with orthogonal rotation. Concurrent validity will be assessed by comparing the SCUS with the INCOM, a measure of the tendency to make social comparisons. Exploratory comparisons of the reliability and factor structure of the SCUS across ethnic, gender, and age (9th and 10th grade) groups will be made. In Part III, the replicability of reliability and validity for the final 20-item SCUS will be tested with 250 9th and 10th-graders from a second, more high risk, public high school. Confirmatory factor analysis with Procrustes rotation will examine the congruencies of the factor structures. Exploratory comparisons of the reliability and factor structure across subgroups will again be made. Exploratory analyses of the study hypotheses will be conducted. The development of the SCUS is Phase II of a three-phase program of nursing research. In the future, the SCUS will be used to develop and test nursing interventions (based on an understanding of the use of social comparisons) that facilitate positive self-change efforts by adolescents in the area of pregnancy prevention.

描述：（由申请人提供）减少青少年意外怀孕是2010年健康人的目标。然而，到目前为止，针对青少年的预防怀孕计划效果有限。了解导致少女怀孕的心理过程将有助于制定更有效的预防方案。社会比较（Comparing One？是一种心理过程， 对预防青少年怀孕具有重要意义。本研究的主要目的是编制一个描述青少年的工具-社会比较使用量表（SCUS）。使用与预防怀孕有关的社会比较。第二个目的是探索性地检查青少年之间的关系？社会比较的使用，禁欲和避孕行为的行为变化阶段，以及行为自尊。在第一部分中，将从公立高中健康教育班招募9年级（13-15岁）青少年的8个焦点组（N=64）。研究中的两所高中的学生群体主要是西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白色。将确认或修改工具开发模型中定义的SCUS维度，并使用焦点小组数据的内容分析开发项目。这些项目将由五名 内容效度专家，然后与40名9年级学生进行试点测试。在第二部分中，初步的40个项目SCUS将被管理到450个9日和10日从公立高中年级学生，以确定可靠性和有效性的进一步证据。克朗巴赫s alpha将用于估计可靠性。将使用正交旋转的公因子分析检查结构有效性。将通过比较SCUS与INCOM（一种衡量社会比较倾向的指标）来评估同时效度。将对SCUS在不同种族、性别和年龄（9年级和10年级）组中的可靠性和因素结构进行探索性比较。在第三部分中，最后20项SCUS的信度和效度的可复制性将与250个第二，更高的风险，公立高中的9年级和10年级学生进行测试。采用Procrustes旋转的解释性因素分析将检验因素结构的一致性。将再次对亚组之间的可靠性和因素结构进行探索性比较。将对研究假设进行探索性分析。 SCUS的发展是护理研究三阶段计划的第二阶段。在 未来，SCUS将被用于制定和测试护理干预措施（基于对社会比较使用的理解），以促进青少年在预防怀孕领域积极的自我改变努力。

项目成果

Psychometric properties of the Social Comparison Motives Scale.

• DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.17.1.29
• 发表时间: 2009
• 期刊: Journal of nursing measurement
• 影响因子: 0.7
• 作者: Tigges BB