Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS
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Resumo: | Background Transactional sex between girls under 18 years-old and adult men at least ten years older, known as agedisparate transactional sex (ADTS), is an established risk factor for HIV, STI and early pregnancy among girls and women. Social norms or beliefs about what others expect from you and what others do can sustain behaviours such as ADTS even when individuals may be personally against them. In order to evaluate interventions to change social norms, validated instruments for measuring change in personal beliefs and social norms regarding ADTS are needed. Methods Items for the Norms and Attitudes on Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Scale (NAATSS) were generated based on qualitative interviews and expert panel review. The reliability and validity of the NAATSS was tested in a representative sample (N = 431) from Brazilian favelas. Factor analysis assessed construct validity, Cronbach’s alpha assessed reliability, and t-tests and analysis of variances tested hypothesized differences between gender, age, and previous experience with ADTS in both the social norms and personal beliefs domains. Findings Factor analysis revealed three factors in each domain. The factors were labelled “Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour” which has 5 items, “Men’s Motivations” with 5 items, and “Girls’ Readiness to have Sex” with 3 items. The subscales evidenced acceptable reliability with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.72 to 0.83 for the social norms subscales and 0.59 to 0.82 for the personal beliefs subscales. Interpretation The items were developed based on qualitative research and expert rankings and the resulting Norms and Attitudes on ADTS Scale exhibits strong psychometric properties. Each of the three subscales within the two domains illustrate good factor structure, acceptable internal consistency reliability, and are supported by the significance of the hypothesized group differences. |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSSBackground Transactional sex between girls under 18 years-old and adult men at least ten years older, known as agedisparate transactional sex (ADTS), is an established risk factor for HIV, STI and early pregnancy among girls and women. Social norms or beliefs about what others expect from you and what others do can sustain behaviours such as ADTS even when individuals may be personally against them. In order to evaluate interventions to change social norms, validated instruments for measuring change in personal beliefs and social norms regarding ADTS are needed. Methods Items for the Norms and Attitudes on Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Scale (NAATSS) were generated based on qualitative interviews and expert panel review. The reliability and validity of the NAATSS was tested in a representative sample (N = 431) from Brazilian favelas. Factor analysis assessed construct validity, Cronbach’s alpha assessed reliability, and t-tests and analysis of variances tested hypothesized differences between gender, age, and previous experience with ADTS in both the social norms and personal beliefs domains. Findings Factor analysis revealed three factors in each domain. The factors were labelled “Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour” which has 5 items, “Men’s Motivations” with 5 items, and “Girls’ Readiness to have Sex” with 3 items. The subscales evidenced acceptable reliability with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.72 to 0.83 for the social norms subscales and 0.59 to 0.82 for the personal beliefs subscales. Interpretation The items were developed based on qualitative research and expert rankings and the resulting Norms and Attitudes on ADTS Scale exhibits strong psychometric properties. Each of the three subscales within the two domains illustrate good factor structure, acceptable internal consistency reliability, and are supported by the significance of the hypothesized group differences.Elsevier Ltd2022info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/103510http://hdl.handle.net/10316/103510https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100209eng2667193XPerrin, Nancy ALevtov, Ruti GIgnacio, Caroline FerrazAnunciação, LuisLandeira-Fernandez, JesusCerdeira, LindaLauro, GiovannaCislaghi, BeniaminoBuller, Ana Mariainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-11-17T21:33:38ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS Perrin, Nancy A |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS |
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Perrin, Nancy A |
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Perrin, Nancy A Levtov, Ruti G Ignacio, Caroline Ferraz Anunciação, Luis Landeira-Fernandez, Jesus Cerdeira, Linda Lauro, Giovanna Cislaghi, Beniamino Buller, Ana Maria |
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Levtov, Ruti G Ignacio, Caroline Ferraz Anunciação, Luis Landeira-Fernandez, Jesus Cerdeira, Linda Lauro, Giovanna Cislaghi, Beniamino Buller, Ana Maria |
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Perrin, Nancy A Levtov, Ruti G Ignacio, Caroline Ferraz Anunciação, Luis Landeira-Fernandez, Jesus Cerdeira, Linda Lauro, Giovanna Cislaghi, Beniamino Buller, Ana Maria |
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Background Transactional sex between girls under 18 years-old and adult men at least ten years older, known as agedisparate transactional sex (ADTS), is an established risk factor for HIV, STI and early pregnancy among girls and women. Social norms or beliefs about what others expect from you and what others do can sustain behaviours such as ADTS even when individuals may be personally against them. In order to evaluate interventions to change social norms, validated instruments for measuring change in personal beliefs and social norms regarding ADTS are needed. Methods Items for the Norms and Attitudes on Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Scale (NAATSS) were generated based on qualitative interviews and expert panel review. The reliability and validity of the NAATSS was tested in a representative sample (N = 431) from Brazilian favelas. Factor analysis assessed construct validity, Cronbach’s alpha assessed reliability, and t-tests and analysis of variances tested hypothesized differences between gender, age, and previous experience with ADTS in both the social norms and personal beliefs domains. Findings Factor analysis revealed three factors in each domain. The factors were labelled “Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour” which has 5 items, “Men’s Motivations” with 5 items, and “Girls’ Readiness to have Sex” with 3 items. The subscales evidenced acceptable reliability with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.72 to 0.83 for the social norms subscales and 0.59 to 0.82 for the personal beliefs subscales. Interpretation The items were developed based on qualitative research and expert rankings and the resulting Norms and Attitudes on ADTS Scale exhibits strong psychometric properties. Each of the three subscales within the two domains illustrate good factor structure, acceptable internal consistency reliability, and are supported by the significance of the hypothesized group differences. |
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