The Self-Efficacy Scale is a 13-item measure to assess men’s self-efficacy in convincing their wives to use general contraception or IUD. The measure includes three domains: Self-efficacy for general contraception; Self-efficacy in convincing wife to get an IUD inserted; and Self-efficacy in convincing wife to continue to use an IUD.
Geographies Tested: Vietnam
Populations Included: Male
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
Self-efficacy for general contraception
1.When the method is not right on handnot always available
2.When you have been using alcohol or other drugs
3.When your wife gets upset about that
4.When your wife has to go through too much trouble
5.When your wife has to undergo side effects like nausea, pain, etc.
Self-efficacy in convincing wife to get an IUD inserted
6.I am confident that I can convince my wife to get an IUD inserted even she was concerned that it could cause minor side effects like headache and dizziness
7.I am confident that I could convince my wife to get an IUD inserted even if she was concerned that it could cause abdominal pain
8.I am confident that I can convince my wife to get an IUD inserted even if she was concerned that it could cause bleeding
9.I am confident that I can convince my wife to get an IUD inserted even if she was concerned that it could cause discomfort in sexual intercourse
Self-efficacy in convincing wife to continue to use an IUD
10.I am confident that I can convince my wife to continue using an IUD even when she gets minor side effects like dizziness and headache
11.I am confident that I could convince my wife to continue using an IUD even when she gets abdominal pain
12.I am confident that I could convince my wife to continue using an IUD even when she gets bleeding
13.I am confident that I can convince my wife to continue using an IUD even when she experiences discomfort in sexual intercourse
Response Options:
Response options range from ‘not at all confident’ (1) to ‘extremely confident’ (5).
Raw scores for self-efficacy are added. In the current paper these were converted to standardized score, and then to T scores.
Ha, B. T. T., Jayasuriya, R., & Owen, N. (2003). Male involvement in family planning in rural Vietnam: an application of the Transtheoretical Model. Health education research, 18(2), 171-180.
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