Testing the Invariance of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’s Sexual Behavior Questionnaire Across Gender, Ethnicity/Race, and Generation
| Autor: | Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Frank L. Sotelo, Suzanne P. Lindsay, Anne Q. Zhou, Loretta Hsueh, Scott C. Roesch, Allison A. Vaughn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Psychometrics National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Sexual Behavior Psychological intervention Ethnic group 050109 social psychology White People Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Surveys and Questionnaires Ethnicity medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Public health 05 social sciences Reproducibility of Results Cognition Hispanic or Latino Middle Aged Nutrition Surveys United States Black or African American Sexual behavior Female Factor Analysis Statistical Construct (philosophy) Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Sexual Behavior. 45:271-280 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2800 0004-0002 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10508-015-0537-x |
| Popis: | Federal and state policies are based on data from surveys that examine sexual-related cognitions and behaviors through self-reports of attitudes and actions. No study has yet examined their factorial invariance--specifically, whether the relationship between items assessing sexual behavior and their underlying construct differ depending on gender, ethnicity/race, or age. This study examined the factor structure of four items from the sexual behavior questionnaire part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). As NHANES provided different versions of the survey per gender, invariance was tested across gender to determine whether subsequent tests across ethnicity/race and generation could be done across gender. Items were not invariant across gender groups so data files for women and men were not collapsed. Across ethnicity/race for both genders, and across generation for women, items were configurally invariant, and exhibited metric invariance across Latino/Latina and Black participants for both genders. Across generation for men, the configural invariance model could not be identified so the baseline models were examined. The four item one factor model fit well for the Millennial and GenerationX groups but was a poor fit for the baby boomer and silent generation groups, suggesting that gender moderated the invariance across generation. Thus, comparisons between ethnic/racial and generational groups should not be made between the genders or even within gender. Findings highlight the need for programs and interventions that promote a more inclusive definition of "having had sex." |
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