Validation of the Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS) in migrants from the Northwest Border of Mexico

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https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n1.5069

Abstract

Objective: Of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of
the brief sexual opinion scale in the migrant population.
Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 175 people who
migrate, to measure Erotophobia-erotophilia, the sexual opinion
scale was used, to examine the construct validity, the scale was
adapted to a colloquial language, 62 volunteers participated to read
and Express if they understood each of the questions. Subsequently,
the internal and external validity of the SOS was analyzed. The
participants were selected from the population of migrants through
non-probabilistic sampling, for convenience.
Results: 85.4% were men, mostly from Mexico (84.7%). For
internal validation, Cronbach's alpha .763 was obtained, it presents a
unidimensional structure, with respect to convergent validity it was
correlated with sexual assertiveness.
Conclusions: The measurements obtained in the SOS in its brief
version of 6 items have shown weak internal consistency values, it
presents a one-dimensional structure in a sample of migrants, the
scale has shown to be stable in different countries such as Spain,
Colombia and El Salvador.
Keywords: Attitudes; Sexual; Validity; Migrants

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Author Biographies

  • Cynthia Lizbeth Ruiz Bugarin, Faculty of Health Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

    Graduated from the Nursing Academic Unit of the Autonomous University of Nayarit, as a Bachelor of Nursing. She is a graduate of the University of Guanajuato, Celaya-Salvatierra campus, as a Master in Nursing Sciences. She completed doctoral studies in Nursing Sciences at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, in the period 2018-2021. She is a General Nurse at Hospital General Regional No. 20, of the Mexican Institute of Social Security.

    Full-time Professor, at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Valle las Palmas, at the Autonomous University of Baja California. Coordinator of Clinical and Community Practice, of the Nursing Degree Program of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Valle las Palmas. And Coordinator of the Leveling Program for the Degree in Nursing.

    Evaluator of Nursing Degree Programs. Leader of the Nursing Research Academy, and Member of the Academy of Care for the Elderly and of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Tau Alpha Chapter. Author and co-author of scientific research articles and books. He has presented papers nationally and internationally.

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  • Dora Julia Onofre-Rodríguez, Faculty of Nursing, Autonomous University of Nuevo León and Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

    Profesor de Tiempo Completo de la Facultad de Enfermería e Investigadora en la Unidad de Enfermería, del Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud (CIDICS), de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). Estudios Realizados: Licenciado en Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, UANL, 1986. Doctorado en Filosofía con Orientación en Trabajo Social y Políticas Comparadas de Bienestar Social, Facultad de Trabajo Social y Desarrollo Humano, UANL, 2011.

    Posdoctorado, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), en el programa de Maestría en Estudios de Población, con apoyo de la Convocatoria CONACYT Estancias Posdoctorales Nacionales, Enero-Diciembre, 2015-2016. Cuerpo Académico Consolidado “Respuestas humanas a la salud y enfermedad” en la línea de investigación “Sexualidad Responsable y Prevención de ITS-VIH/SIDA”. Miembro de Sigma Theta Tau International, Capítulo Tau Alpha, desde 2004. En los últimos tres años, publicaciones en revistas indexadas, elaboración de libros y capítulos de libros. Dirección de tesis de Maestría y Doctorado de estudiantes inscritos en programas reconocidos en el padrón del Programa Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad (PNPC). Siete direcciones de tesis de Maestría (seis concluidas y una en proceso); Ocho direcciones de tesis de Doctorado (cuatro concluidas y cuatro en proceso). De los alumnos que concluyeron el Doctorado, dos pertenecen al SIN y otros dos participan en la CONVOCATORIA 2019 PARA INGRESO O PERMANENCIA EN EL SIN. Participación en proyectos de investigación financiados por CONACYT y PAICYT. Impartición de cátedra en el Posgrado y en la Licenciatura. Obtención de reconocimientos por trabajos de Investigación. Presentación de ponencias a nivel nacional e internacional.

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2022-12-16

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How to Cite

Ruiz Bugarin, C. L., & Onofre-Rodríguez, D. J. (2022). Validation of the Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS) in migrants from the Northwest Border of Mexico. Horizonte Sanitario, 22(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n1.5069