ERIC Number: EJ830076
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0899-9546
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Extending the Use of the Web-Based HIV Testing Belief Inventory to Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Examination of Reliability and Validity
Hou, Su-I
AIDS Education and Prevention, v21 n1 p80-90 Feb 2009
This study sought to extend the use of a Web-based HIV Testing Belief Inventory (wHITBI), developed and validated in a majority White university in the southeastern United States, to students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The 19-item wHITBI was reviewed by experts to qualitatively assess its construct validity, clarity, relevancy, and comprehensiveness to HBCU students. Participants were recruited from 15 HBCUs (valid N = 372). Mean age was 20.5 years (SD = 2.4), 80% were females, 92% were heterosexual-oriented, and 58% had prior HIV test(s). Reliability coefficients revealed satisfactory internal consistencies (Cronbach's alphas: 0.58 to approximately 0.85). Confirmatory factor analysis showed that items were loaded consistently with the four constructs: perceived benefits, concerns of HIV risk, stigma, and testing availability/accessibility. Data indicated good model fits (RMSEA = 0.06; CFI = 0.93; IFI = 0.93; RMS = 0.07), with all items loaded significantly. Findings showed that the psychometrics of wHITBI appears to maintain its integrity in this sample with satisfactory reliability coefficients and validities.
Descriptors: Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Beliefs, Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Integrity, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Internet, Black Colleges, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Reliability, Risk, Goodness of Fit
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Language: English
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