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Validation of the Jamaican Maternal Sexual Role Modelling Questionnaire.
M K Hutchinson1, T K Smith, N Waldron
1202 Cushing Hall, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. kathy.hutchinson@bc.edu
The West Indian Medical Journal
|September 12, 2013
Summary
A new questionnaire measuring maternal sexual role modelling (MSRM) in Jamaican adolescent girls is reliable and valid. Higher MSRM scores correlate with reduced sexual risk behaviors and increased condom use self-efficacy.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Adolescent Health
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Urban Jamaican adolescent girls are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
- Parental influence on adolescent sexual risk attitudes and behaviors is established, particularly through communication and supervision.
- Maternal sexual role modelling (MSRM) emerged as an additional significant influence in a Jamaican mother-daughter HIV risk reduction study.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Jamaican Maternal Sexual Role Modelling (MSRM) questionnaire.
- To provide a reliable and valid instrument for measuring perceptions of maternal sexual role modelling in adolescent females.
- To assess the association between MSRM and sexual risk behaviors in Jamaican adolescent girls.
Main Methods:
- Data were collected from 209 Jamaican female adolescents in Kingston, St Andrew, and St Catherine.
- Psychometric properties, including internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha) and content validity, were evaluated.
- Principal component analysis was used to determine the underlying factor structure of the questionnaire.
Main Results:
- The 19-item Jamaican MSRM questionnaire demonstrated excellent internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89).
- Content validity was confirmed with expert ratings and modified kappa statistics of 1.0.
- A three-factor structure explained 53.7% of the variance; higher MSRM scores were linked to less sexual experience, lower sexual intentions, and greater condom use self-efficacy.
Conclusions:
- The Jamaican MSRM scale is a reliable and valid measure of adolescent females' perceptions of their mothers' sexual role modelling.
- Findings suggest MSRM is associated with reduced sexual risk and increased protective behaviors in this population.
- Further research is recommended to validate the MSRM instrument in diverse populations.
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