Paper Title
The Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Adolescent Sexual Coercion Risk Scale
Keywords
- Adolescent Sexual Coercion
- Risk Scale
- Sexual Victimization
- Psychometric Measure
- Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
- Signaling Sexual Boundaries
- Risk Behaviors
- Internal Consistency
- Peer Sexual Victimization
- Validation
- Multidisciplinary Informants
- Grade-9 Students
- Measurement Development
- Psychometric Assessment
- Risk Factors
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Publication Info
Volume: 26 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 1524-1540
Published On
October, 2010
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to develop a psychometric measure of risk for sexual victimization from adolescent peers. Items were generated on the basis of the literature and on consultations with a multidisciplinary group of key informants. The items were administered to a sample of 327 female Grade-9 students and examined using exploratory factor analysis. The Adolescent Sexual Coercion Risk Scale items formed two lower-order factors composed of items regarding signaling sexual boundaries and displaying risk behaviors, respectively. Subsequent confirmatory factor analysis supported the two factors, and preliminary psychometric analyses demonstrated that the factors have satisfactory internal consistency. In addition, low scores on the ability to signal sexual boundaries and high scores on risk behaviors were associated with self-reported peer sexual victimization, supporting the validity of the factors as measures of risk. Future validation and potential usage of the measure are discussed.
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