From: Correlates of STI testing among vocational school students in the Netherlands
Determinant (range) | No. of items | Internal consistency (a) | Total mean Score N = 501 | SD | Boys Mean score N = 281 | SD | Girls Mean score N = 220 | SD |
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Intention to test * | 2 | 0.75 | 0.10 | 1.01 | 0.01 | 1.03 | 0.21 | 0.99 |
Attitude toward testing ** | 4 | 0.82 | 0.44 | 0.92 | 0.31 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.92 |
Advantages of testing *** | 10 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.92 | 0.50 |
Disadvantages of testing *** | 7 | 0.71 | -0.19 | 0.70 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 0.32 | 0.62 |
Injunctive norm - friends and parents ** | 4 | 0.71 | 0.09 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.21 | 0.81 |
Support - friends and parents ** | 4 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.79 | 0.63 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.71 |
Test behavior - partner *** | 1 | Â | -0.26 | 1.02 | -0.31 | 0.89 | -0.21 | 1.18 |
Injunctive norm - partner * | 1 | Â | -0.14 | 0.90 | -0.06 | 0.76 | -0.23 | 1.04 |
Support - partner | 2 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.86 | 0.43 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.92 |
Descriptive norm - friends | 1 | Â | -0.34 | 1.03 | -0.40 | 1.04 | -0.27 | 1.00 |
Self efficacy *** | 8 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.79 | 0.22 | 0.79 | -0.11 | 0.74 |
Perceived susceptibility *** | 5 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.67 | 0.87 | 1.15 | 0.67 |
Perceived severity | 2 | 0.89 | 1.79 | 0.57 | 1.75 | 0.65 | 1.83 | 0.45 |
Perceived shame *** | 5 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 0.95 | 0.23 | 0.96 | 0.73 | 0.86 |
Perceived stigma | 6 | 0.84 | -0.21 | 0.86 | -0.22 | 0.86 | -0.20 | 0.86 |
Knowledge *** | 10 | 0.76 | 7.23 | 2.50 | 6.72 | 2.66 | 7.87 | 2.1 |
Test site characteristics ** | 8 | 0.80 | 0.43 | 0.70 | 0.34 | 0.73 | 0.54 | 0.64 |