A Pictorial Sexual Knowledge Scale for Male High School Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan

AbstractThe aim of this study was to develop a pictorial scale for use in assessing the sexual knowledge of male high school students with intellectual disabilities studying at special education schools in Taiwan. A pictorial scale with 40 multiple-choice items was developed to assess the participants' relevant knowledge. Each item consisted of a written question and corresponding illustrations. A total of 181 male high school students in Taiwan participated in the study. Construct validity using exploratory factor analysis generated 26 items formatted into six subscales: puberty and physiology, body boundaries, proper touching, proper relationships, sexually transmitted diseases, and sex and the law. The variance explained for the six subscales was between 6.93 and 11.34%, and the variance explained for the whole scale was 53.99%. The reliability of Cronbach ’s alpha was between .58 and .78, and the whole scale’s alpha value was .87. The participants demonstrated a relatively high level of knowledge on the body boundaries and proper relationships subscales, followed in descending order by proper touching, sex and the law, puberty and physiology, and sexually transmitted diseases.Please check and confirm that the authors and their respective affiliations have been correctly identified and amend if necessary.Yes, I confirm that the author and affiliation have been correctly identified.
Source: Sexuality and Disability - Category: Disability Source Type: research