Psychometric properties of the HIV/AIDS Knowledge Scale for Spanish adolescents (HIV-KS)

Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-164

  Espada, José P ^a   Huedo Medina, Tania B ^b,c   Orgilés, Mireia ^a   Secades, Roberto ^d   Ballester, Rafael ^e   Remor, Eduardo ^e  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; HIV AIDS related knowledge; Psychometric properties; Rating scale; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860141969     PISSN: 15785319     EISSN: 1988205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (29)

1. Abalo, J., Lévy, J. P., Rial, A., & Varela, J. (2006). Invarianza factorial con muestras múltiples. En J. P. Lévy y J. Varela (comp.), Modelización con estructuras de covarianzas en Ciencias Sociales. A Coruña: Netbiblio.
2. Bandura, A. (1994). Social cognitive theory and exercise of control over HIV infection, In R. J. DiClemente, & J. L. Peterson (eds.), Preventing AIDS: Theories and Methods of Behavioral Intervention. Nueva York: Plenum Press.
3. Bentler, P. M., & Bonnet, D. G. (1980). Significance test and goodness of fit in the analysis of covariance structures. Psychological Bulletin, 88, 588-606.
4. Bermúdez, M. P., Sánchez, A. I., & Buela-Casal, G. (2003). Adaptación castellana de la Escala VIH/SIDA-164. Revista Mexicana de Psicología, 20(1), 95-111.
5. Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural equations with latent variables. New York: Wiley.
6. Carey, M. P., & Schroeder, K. E. (2002). Development and psychometric evaluation of the brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire. AIDS Education and Prevention, 14(2), 172-182. (Pubitemid 34327116)
7. Di Noia, J., & Schinke, S. P. (2007). Gender-specific HIV prevention with urban early-adolescents girls: outcomes of the Keepin' it Safe Program. AIDS Education and Prevention, 19(6), 479-488.
8. Ergene, T., Cok, F., Tümer, A., & Ünal, S. (2005). A controlled studio of preventive effects of peer education and single-session lectures on HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among university students in Turkey. AIDS Education and Prevention, 17(3), 268-278. (Pubitemid 40840058)
9. Espada, J. P., & Quiles, M. J. (2002). Prevenir el sida. Madrid: Pirámide.
10. Espada, J. P., Quiles, M. J., & Méndez, F. X. (2003). Conductas sexuales de riesgo y prevención del sida en la adolescencia. Papeles del Psicólogo, 84, 47-54
11. Espada, J. P., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Orgilés, M., Ballester, R., Secades, R., & Remor, E. (2009). Cuestionario de Actitudes hacia el Sida y Prácticas de Riesgo. Alicante: Universidad Miguel Hernández.
12. Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (2000). Theoretical approaches to individual-level change in VIH risk behaviour. In J. L. Peterson, & R. J. DiClemente (comps.), Handbook of HIV prevention (pp. 3-56). New York: Kluwer-Plenum Press.
13. Givaudan, M., & Pick, S. (2005). Evaluación del Programa Escolarizado para Adolescentes: "Un Equipo contra el VIH/SIDA". Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 39(3), 339-346.
14. Givaudan, M., Leenen, I., Van De Vijver, F., Poortinga, Y. H., & Pick, S. (2008). Longitudinal study of a School based HIV/AIDS early prevention program for Mexican Adolescents. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 13(1), 98-110. (Pubitemid 350232948)
15. Harrel, J. P., & Wright, L. W. (1998). The development and validation of the Multicomponent AIDS Phobia Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 20, 3, 201-216.
16. Hu, L., & Bentler, P. M. (1998). Fit indices in covariance structure modeling: sensitivity to underparameterized model misspecification. Psychological Methods, 3(4), 424-453 (Pubitemid 128459636)
17. Hu, L., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 1-55.
18. Jenrich, R. I., & Sampson, P. F. (1966). Rotation for simple loadings. Psychometrika, 31, 313-323.
19. Johnson, B. T., Carey, M. P., Marsh, K. L., Levin, K. D., & Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J. (2003). Interventions to reduce 376 sexual risk for the human immunodeficiency virus in adolescents, 1985-2000: a research 377 synthesis. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 157(4), 381-388. (Pubitemid 36443711)
20. London, A. S., & Robles, A. (2000). The co-occurrence of correct and incorrect HIV transmission knowledge and perceived risk for HIV among women of childbearing age in El Salvador. Social Science & Medicine, 51, 1267-1278. (Pubitemid 30345514)
21. Marsh, H. W., Ellis, A., Parada, R. H., Richards, G., & Heubeck, B. G. (2005). A Short version of the Self Description Questionnaire II: Operationalizing criteria for short-form evaluation with new applications of confirmatory factor analyses. Psychological Assessment, 17, 81-102. (Pubitemid 40389389)
22. Novick, M. R. and Lewis, C. (1967). Coefficient alpha and the reliability of composite measurements. Psychometrika, 32 (1), 1-13.
23. Paniagua, F. A., O'Boyle, M., Wagner, K. D., Ramírez, S. Z., Holmes, W. D., Nieto, J. F., & Smith, E. M. (1994). AIDS-Related items for developing an AIDS questionnaire for children and adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 9, 311-339.
24. Stulhofer, A., Graham, C., Bozicevic, I., Kufrin, K., & Ajdukovi, D. (2007). HIV/ AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behaviors as Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Adults in Croatia. International Family Planning Perspectives, 33(2), 58-65. (Pubitemid 47180979)
25. UNAIDS (2008). Informe sobre la epidemia mundial de sida. Downloaded March 13 2009 from: http://www.unaids.org.
26. Uribe, A. F. (2005). Evaluación de los factores psicosociales de riesgo para la infección por el VIH / SIDA en adolescentes colombianos. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Universidad de Granada.
27. Volpe, E., Nelson, L. E., Kraus, R. A., & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2007). Adaptation and refinement of the HIV knowledge questionnaire for use with adolescent girls. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 18(5), 57-63.
28. Zamora, A., Romo, L., & Kit-Fong, T. (2006). Using biology to teach adolescents about STD transmission and self-protective behaviors. Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 109-124. (Pubitemid 43316418)
29. Zometa, C. S., Dedrick, R., Know, M. D., Westhoff, W., Siman, R., & Debaldo, A. (2007). Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of an HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudinal instrument. AIDS Education and Prevention, 19(3), 231-244. (Pubitemid 46911570)