Content and face validity of the Spanish version of the Sexual Self-Concept Inventory for early adolescent girls.
Magda Liliana Villamizar Osorio, Elveny Laguado Jaimes
PMID 31083839WHAT IT FOUND
A Spanish questionnaire on early adolescent girls' sexual self-concept was accepted by experts and revised after 35 girls found 15 items hard to understand.
It may help nurses assess sexual risk before prevention work.
Key findings
01The Spanish instrument's 34 items were accepted by experts as content-valid, with an overall index of 0.92.
02Among 35 girls, 15 items scored below 80% comprehensibility, and 10 items were adjusted after review.
03After review, 76.5% of items were equivalent without modification and 5.8% needed cultural modification.
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What it does not show
The study tested content and face validity only, not whether the questionnaire predicts sexual behaviour or improves care. The girl sample was 35 early adolescent girls from Girón, Santander, Colombia, so it says little about other Spanish-speaking adolescents. Some items were low in comprehensibility and were changed, so the final Spanish version differs from the original wording.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat this as proof that the questionnaire improves adolescent sexual health. It only tested content and face validity in 35 girls, and the paper does not report clinical outcomes.