Items:

The items on the following page are a list of statements. Please rate each item on a 1 to 5 scale according to how true the statement is of you. Using the scale, circle one number for each question:

1. When I am with a boyfriend, I feel that I can always be responsible for what happens sexually with him.
2. Even if a boyfriend can talk about sex, I can't tell a man how I really feel about sexual things.
3. When I have sex, I can enjoy it as something that I really wanted to do.
4. If my boyfriend and I are getting "turned on" sexually and I don't really want to have sexual intercourse (go all the way, get down), I can easily tell him "No" and mean it.
5. If my boyfriend didn't talk about the sex that was happening between us, I couldn't either.
6. When I think about what having sex means, I can't have sex so easily.
7. If my boyfriend and I are getting "turned on" sexually and I don't really want to have sexual intercourse (go all the way, get down), I can easily stop things so that we don't have intercourse.
8. There are times when I'd be so involved sexually or emotionally that I could have sexual intercourse even if I weren't protected (using a form of birth control).
9. Sometimes I just go along with what my date wants to do sexually because I don't think I can take the hassle of trying to say what I want.
10. If there were a man (boyfriend) to whom I was very attracted physically and emotionally, I could feel comfortable telling him that I wanted to have sex with him.
11. I couldn't continue to use a birth control method if I thought that my parents might find out.
12. It would be hard for me to go to the drugstore and ask for foam (Encare Ovals, a diaphragm, a pill prescription, etc.) without feeling embarrassed.

If my boyfriend and I were getting really heavy into sex and moving towards intercourse and I wasn't protected .. .

13. I could easily ask him if he had protection (or tell him that I didn't).
14. I could excuse myself to put in a diaphragm or foam (if I used them for birth control).
15. I could tell him I was on the pill or had an IUD (if I used them for birth control).
16. I could stop things before intercourse, if I couldn't bring up the subject of protection.
17. There are times when I should talk to my boyfriend about using contraceptives, but I can't seem to do it in the situation.
18. Sometimes I end up having sex with a boyfriend because I can't find a way to stop it.

Response Options:
Not at all true of me - 1
Slightly true of me - 2
Somewhat true of me - 3
Mostly true of me - 4
Completely true of me - 5