Reliability and Validity of the Attitudes Toward Sexuality Scale for Chinese Adolescents

Objective: To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of The Attitudes Toward Sexuality Scale(ATSS).Methods: A sample of 697 adolescents between the age of 12-19 was tested,and 100 of them were randomly selected to be retested(2-month interval).A target sample of 53 adolescents who had experienced the unprotected sex were recruited.Meanwhile,The Adolescent Psychosexual Health Questionnarie,the Adolescent Health Related Risky Behavior Inventory(AHRBI),Barratt Impulsiveness Scale(BIS) and the Youth Health Risk Behavior Surveillance System(YRBSS) were selected as criterion measurement.Results: The Cronbach's α coefficient of ATSS was 0.72;the test-retest coefficient was 0.86;the mean interterm correlation coefficients was 0.17;the adolescents who had encountered the unprotected sex got a higher score than ordinary level.The reasults of confirmatory factor analysis revealed that first order 1 factor correlated model fit the data was acceptable.The fit indices were x2/df=4.54,CFI=0.91,NFI=0.89,TLI=0.90,IFI=0.92,GFI=0.93,AGFI=0.90,RMSEA=0.07,all met the criteria standards for adequacy of fit.The Chinese version of ATSS was closely associated with the Adolescent Psychosexual Health Questionnarie and its sense and attitude subscales(r=0.16,r=0.29,r=-0.35,P0.001),AHBRI and its unprotected sex subscales(r=0.32,r=0.19,P0.001);BIS(r=0.24,P0.001);as well as YRBSS(r=0.21,P0.001).Conclusion: The Chinese version of the ATSS is satisfactorily valid and reliable.It is suitable to use in Chinese adolescents.