Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Homosexuality Scale of the Trueblood Sexual Attitudes Questionnaire

Fino, Emanuele; Giuliani, Marta; Pierleoni, Luca; Gambino, Gaetano; Cosmi, Valentina De; Simonelli, Chiara

doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1364558

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“…Students face significant identity changes as they embark upon university life ( Fino et al, 2018 , 2020 ; Jaspal, 2020 ). These include leaving their families and households, adapting to a new environmental context, creating new relationships and networks, and developing their sexual identities ( Patton et al, 2016 ).…”

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The Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale (SRBS): Development & Validation in a University Student Sample in the UK

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University students are at risk of poor sexual health outcomes. The aim of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale (SRBS), a novel short tool for measuring engagement in sexual risk behaviors in university students. We developed a pool of six items based on a review of recent literature and tested its properties in 547 undergraduate students in the United Kingdom. We used Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to explore and determine the factor structure and dimensionality of the SRBS. We used Item Response Theory and specifically the Graded Response Model to investigate items’ discrimination, information, and differential functioning, respectively, and logistic regression to test whether higher SRBS scores predicted a diagnosis of any sexually transmitted infections in the past 12 months. Results showed that a unidimensional, five-item model fitted the data well, showing satisfactory fit indices and reliability, with all items providing adequate discrimination and information, and no differential item functioning by gender nor by sexual orientation. SRBS total scores significantly predicted the odds of being diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections in the past 12 months. Implications for public health prevention and intervention are discussed.

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“…Low acceptance of one's own sexual behaviour represents a major determinant of psychological distress amongst young adults and student populations (Gegenfurtner and Gebhardt, 2017). In particular, the co-occurence of urban residence, education, and tolerance towards sexual behaviour seems to predict greater tolerance towards and acceptance of a variety of sexual behaviours.…”

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Using internet predicts attitudes towards sexual behaviour in Italian psychology students

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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the use of different sources of information about sexuality predicts attitudes towards own and towards others' sexual behaviours, as measured through the Trueblood Sexual Attitude Questionnaire (TSAQ) Self and Other scales, in 193 Italian psychology students. The self-reported sources of information considered in the study were books, newspapers, magazines, television, internet, friends, family, and sex education courses, and age, gender, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs were tested as possible confounders. Results from hierarchical regression analyses showed that students' self-reported use of the internet predict liberal attitudes towards their own sexual behaviour, including autoeroticism, commercial sex, heterosexuality, homosexuality, and variation in sex, after controlling for age, gender, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. On the other hand, we did not find any significant relations between self-reported information sources about sexuality and students' attitudes towards others' sexual behaviour. These results highlight the need for higher education institutions, educators and practitioners in the field of human sexuality to review sexual education programmes targeting university students, taking into account the role of the internet.

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“…Therefore, establishing new sexual health education programs within Turkish nursing education is imperative (Yanıkkerem & Üstgörül, 2020). Although there are a few measuring sexual attitude and studies conducted in different groups, psychometric studies have been found with these and similar scales in samples such as nursing, social worker, and physiotherapy regarding the evaluation of sexual health (Areskoug-Josefsson et al, 2019;Blanc et al, 2018;Fino et al, 2018;Fisher et al, 2013;Gerbild et al, 2017;Shah et al, 2020). However, the nursing education in Turkey part of this scale has been decided that the most appropriate scale for students.…”

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Reliability and Validity of the Adapted Turkish “Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Questionnaire” (SA-SH-TR)

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The aim of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of the Adapted Turkish “Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health” questionnaire (SA-SH-TR). This methodological study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the language was adapted to Turkish. Second, the reliability of the scale was evaluated. From January 2018 to March 2018, 292 nursing students volunteered to participate in the study. The content validity index of the Turkish version of the questionnaire ranged from 0.76 to 1.00 and was found to be high. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.89. Removal of Items 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 22 would have improved alpha to 0.91. It was observed that the item-total correlation values of the items changed between 0.24 and 0.75. Test–retest interclass correlation coefficient was 0.83. The study findings determined that the Turkish adaptation of the SA-SH-TR was valid and reliable and could be used in nursing research and practice.

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Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Homosexuality Scale of the Trueblood Sexual Attitudes Questionnaire

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

The Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale (SRBS): Development & Validation in a University Student Sample in the UK

The Sexual Risk Behaviors Scale (SRBS): Development & Validation in a University Student Sample in the UK

Using internet predicts attitudes towards sexual behaviour in Italian psychology students

Reliability and Validity of the Adapted Turkish “Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Questionnaire” (SA-SH-TR)

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