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Instrument Title

Attitudes about Safer Sex (Subset of Sexual Risks Scale)

View PDF - Dehart Sexual Risks Scale.pdf

Source Article

Dehart, D. D., & Birkimer, J. C. (1997). Trying to practice safer sex: Development of the sexual risks scale. The Journal of Sex Research, 34(1)

Response Options

Five-point Likert scale ranging from Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly Agree (5).

Survey Items

The full Sexual Risks Scale is included below, with the “Attitudes about Safer Sex” subset bolded.

  1. If my partner wanted me to have unprotected sex, I would probably “give in.”
  2. The proper use of a condom could enhance sexual pleasure.
  3. I may have had sex with someone who was at risk for HIV/AIDS.
  4. If I were going to have sex, I would take precautions to reduce my risk of HIV/AIDS.
  5. Condoms ruin the natural sex act.
  6. When I think that one of my friends might have sex on a date, I ask them if they have a condom.
  7. I am at risk for HIV/AIDS.
  8. I would try to use a condom when I had sex.
  9. Condoms interfere with romance.
  10. My friends talk a lot about “safer” sex.
  11. If my partner wanted me to participate in “risky” sex and I said that we needed to be safer, we would still probably end up having “unsafe” sex.
  12. Generally, I am in favor of using condoms.
  13. I would avoid using condoms if at all possible.
  14. If a friend knew that I might have sex on a date, he/she would ask me if I were carrying a condom.
  15. There is a possibility that I have HIV/AIDS.
  16. If I had a date, I would probably not drink alcohol or use drugs.
  17. “Safer” sex reduces the mental pleasure of sex.
  18. If I thought that one of my friends had sex on a date, I would ask them if they used a condom.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach's alpha=0.88

Validity

Construct and predictive validity

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Dehart, D. D., & Birkimer, J. C. (1997). Trying to practice safer sex: Development of the sexual risks scale. The Journal of Sex Research, 34(1)

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.