Levinson R A, Wan C K, Beamer L J
J Youth Adolesc. 1998 Dec;27(6):773-93. doi: 10.1023/a:1022865900546.
Previous research has established a relationship between contraceptive self-efficacy (CSE), as measured by the 18-item CSE scale, and young women's contraceptive behavior. In this paper, the authors continue to explore the scale and its relationship to contraceptive behavior with four diverse samples to establish generalizability and to set guidelines for use of the scale. A series of correlational analyses were conducted with each sample. A pattern of low correlations among CSE items across samples emerged, indicating that use of the total item set separately as the basis for CSE was warranted. Zero-order and partial correlations revealed which CSE items were correlated with contraceptive behavior as well as which items explained unique variance in contraceptive behavior for each sample. Regression analyses showed that CSE was significantly predictive of contraceptive behavior for all samples. These results are discussed in terms of scale properties and use in research and clinical settings. Educational implications are formulated as well.
以往的研究已经确立了通过18项避孕自我效能量表（CSE）测量的避孕自我效能（CSE）与年轻女性避孕行为之间的关系。在本文中，作者使用四个不同的样本继续探索该量表及其与避孕行为的关系，以确立其普遍性，并为该量表的使用制定指导方针。对每个样本进行了一系列相关分析。样本间CSE项目的相关性较低，这表明单独使用整个项目集作为CSE的基础是合理的。零阶和偏相关揭示了哪些CSE项目与避孕行为相关，以及哪些项目解释了每个样本中避孕行为的独特方差。回归分析表明，CSE对所有样本的避孕行为都有显著的预测作用。本文根据量表特性以及在研究和临床环境中的应用对这些结果进行了讨论。同时也阐述了教育意义。
