The Development and Study of the Reliability and Validity of a Japanese Version of the Sexual Risks Scale with a Focus on the Intention to Try Safer Sex Practices

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  • Tanaka Yuko
    Doctoral Course，Graduate School of Medicine，Kobe University．
  • Okamoto Reiko
    Graduate School of Health Science，Okayama University．

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  • セーファー・セックス実践志向に焦点をあてたSexual-Risks Scale日本語版の作成とその信頼性・妥当性の検証
  • セーファー セックス ジッセン シコウ ニ ショウテン オ アテタ Sexual Risks Scale ニホンゴバン ノ サクセイ ト ソノ シンライセイ ダトウセイ ノ ケンショウ

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<p>　The objectives of the present study were to develop a Japanese version of the Sexual Risks Scale (SRS-J) with a focus on the intent to try safer sex practices and to verify its reliability and validity．A self-report questionnaire survey was conducted on high school student volunteers from public high schools nationwide (responses，n＝1,722) ．Cronbach's α coefficient was calculated for the entire scale (.86) and the p-value for the t-test between the present survey and reexamination (.424) was calculated．For verification of validity，we assessed construct validity，criterion validity，verification validity，and the validity of SRS-J scores．Regarding construct validity，principal component analysis confirmed a total of six subscales，the same as in the original version，and the final scale included 33 items．Regarding criterion validity，a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient of r＝.67 (p＜.01) was obtained between the SRS-J and criterion measures．Regarding verification validity，the model's goodness of fit was confirmed based on the following data from covariance structure analysis：RMSEA，．020；GFI，．999；and AGFI，．942．The validity of SRS-J scores was confirmed by verifying that scores corresponded to the degree of safer sexual activity．These findings confirmed the reliability and validity of the SRS-J and indicate that it may be useful as an evaluation scale of the intent to try safer sex practices in the dissemination of safer sex in AIDS prevention education for adolescents．</p>

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