From: Cultural adaptation of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) in Ghana
 | Components | |||||
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 | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Percentage of Total Variance Explained | Â | Â | 36.7 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
FACTOR 1: APPROPRIATION | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I would feel embarrassed to put a condom on myself or my partner | 1.52 | 1.49 | .683 | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident I could gracefully remove and dispose of a condom when we have intercourse | 1.52 | 1.24 | .744 | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident in my ability to incorporate putting a condom on myself or my partner into foreplay | 1.77 | 1.31 | 685 | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident that I could use a condom with a partner without "breaking the mood." | 1.73 | 1.24 | .809 | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident that I could use a condom successfully | 1.32 | 1.23 | .820 | Â | Â | Â |
FACTOR 2: ASSERTIVE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident in my ability to discuss condom usage with any partner I might have | 1.21 | 1.24 | Â | .877 | Â | Â |
I feel confident in my ability to suggest using condoms with a new partner | 1.41 | 1.32 | Â | .888 | Â | Â |
I feel confident I could suggest using a condom without my partner feeling "diseased" | 1.67 | 1.28 | Â | .844 | Â | Â |
FACTOR 3: PLEASURE AND INTOXICANT | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I feel confident I could use a condom during intercourse without reducing any sexual sensations | 1.52 | 1.22 | Â | Â | .726 | Â |
I feel confident that I would remember to use a condom even after I have been drinking | 1.78 | 1.08 | Â | Â | .863 | Â |
I feel confident that I would remember to use a condom even if I were high. | 1.70 | 1.04 | Â | Â | .900 | Â |
FACTOR 4: STDs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I would not feel confident suggesting using condoms with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I've had a homosexual experience | 1.10 | 1.27 | Â | Â | Â | .671 |
I would not feel confident suggesting using condoms with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I have a sexually transmitted disease | 1.11 | 1.32 | Â | Â | Â | .934 |
I would not feel confident suggesting using condoms with a new partner because I would be afraid he or she would think I thought they had a sexually transmitted disease | 1.10 | 1.27 | Â | Â | Â | .903 |