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The production of reliable instruments that are able to support the evaluation of sexual education programs, in terms of identification of negative attitudes and limiting beliefs about sexuality, is of great use for Portuguese schools. The aim of this study was to develop the Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire about Sexuality and Sexual Education and to evaluate its psychometric characteristics. This study was composed of 1400 Portuguese adolescents. The exploratory factorial analysis (Study 1; N=493) permitted the comprehension of its dimensional structure and the confirmatory factorial analysis (Study 2; N=905) permitted its refinement. Gender, age and intercorrelations between subscales analyses were conducted (Study 3; N=1400). The final questionnaire consists of a three-dimensional structure with 17 items. Knowing that the ABQSSE has good psychometric qualities and is announced as a resource in the evaluation and diagnosis of adolescents' beliefs and attitudes, this instrument can be useful for schools and organizations that pretend to plan educational interventions on the prevention of sexual risk behaviours and the promotion of preventive behaviours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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