Exploring the Dimensions of Filipino College Students’ Condom Use-Self Efficacy Beliefs

Abstract

This study explores the dimensions of Filipino college students’ condom use self-efficacy beliefs using the Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (Bradford and Beck, 1991). Five-hundred eighty (N=580) college students participated in this study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted explore and test the derived factor structures. The exploratory results revealed four dimensions: Partner’s Pleasure, Sexual Prejudices, Appropriation, and Assertiveness. This structure was later collapsed in favor of a simpler and better fitting 3-factor model. The results also indicate how Filipino college students’ condom use self-efficacy beliefs have shown similarities and differences with the models found in literature.