Lunde Gerd Hilde, Blaalid Laila, Gerbild Helle, Areskoug Josefsson Kristina
Department for Behavioral Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Department for Behavioral Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Sex Med. 2022 Jun;10(3):100507. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2022.100507. Epub 2022 Apr 3.
Social educators have an important role in promoting and rehabilitating sexual health as they provide information, discuss, and support sexual health in daily life for persons living with impairments, intellectual disabilities, and complex needs.
The study aimed to assess the psychometrics of the Students´ Attitudes towards addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) questionnaire for social educator students.
A sample of 213 Norwegian social educator students was used to test internal consistency reliability and construct validity with explorative factor analysis.
Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.906 and construct validity measured with explorative factor analysis showed good results with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) being high (0.929) and Bartlett´s test of sphericity being significant (P = .000).
The SA-SH-Ext is reliable and valid for social educator students, however the psychometric assessment revealed that the domains of the SA-SH-Ext should be revised compared to the original SA-SH questionnaire.
Measuring the effectiveness of sexual health education interventions is important and to have a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess future professionals' attitudes towards addressing sexual health increases the ability to target specific client needs or knowledge gaps, such as addressing sexual health for persons with intellectual disabilities. STRENGTHS: and limitations: In comparison with previous studies of the original SA-SH, SA-SH-Ext has high reliability and validity. The current study was performed with classical test theory. Performing Rasch analysis may detect other psychometric issues, by improving precision and thereby providing a deeper understanding of both how to optimise a questionnaire and understand the results of a used questionnaire. Despite the response rate of 34%, the results are seen as valid considering the low correlation between response rate and validity and that the sample size was sufficient for the chosen psychometric tests.
The SA-SH-Ext is a valuable questionnaire for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among social educator students in addressing sexual health, a field often neglected in health and care. Lunde GH, Blaalid L, Gerbild H, et al. Assessment of the psychometrics of the Students' Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) questionnaire for social educator students. Sex Med 2022;10:100507.
社会教育工作者在促进性健康和恢复性健康方面发挥着重要作用，因为他们在日常生活中为残障人士、智障人士和有复杂需求的人提供性健康信息、进行相关讨论并给予支持。
本研究旨在评估社会教育专业学生的《学生对性健康扩展问题的态度问卷》（SA-SH-Ext）的心理测量学特性。
以213名挪威社会教育专业学生为样本，通过探索性因素分析来测试内部一致性信度和结构效度。
内部一致性信度显示Cronbach's α系数为0.906，探索性因素分析测量的结构效度结果良好，Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin抽样适当性度量值（KMO）较高（0.929），Bartlett球形检验具有显著性（P = .000）。
SA-SH-Ext问卷对于社会教育专业学生而言可靠且有效，然而心理测量学评估显示，与原始的SA-SH问卷相比，SA-SH-Ext问卷的维度应进行修订。
衡量性健康教育干预措施的效果很重要，拥有一份有效且可靠的问卷来评估未来专业人员对性健康问题的态度，能够增强针对特定客户需求或知识差距的能力，例如为智障人士提供性健康服务。优点和局限性：与之前对原始SA-SH问卷的研究相比，SA-SH-Ext问卷具有较高的信度和效度。本研究采用经典测试理论进行。进行Rasch分析可能会发现其他心理测量学问题，通过提高精度，从而更深入地理解如何优化问卷以及理解所使用问卷的结果。尽管回复率为34%，但考虑到回复率与效度之间的低相关性以及样本量足以进行所选的心理测量测试，研究结果被视为有效。
SA-SH-Ext问卷是一份有价值的问卷，可用于评估社会教育专业学生在处理性健康问题方面的感知准备程度，性健康是健康和护理领域中经常被忽视的一个领域。Lunde GH、Blaalid L、Gerbild H等。社会教育专业学生的《学生对性健康扩展问题的态度问卷》（SA-SH-Ext）的心理测量学评估。《性医学》2022；10：100507。
