Findings. Factor analysis yielded five factors: Pap smear benefits and health
motivation, Pap smear barriers, seriousness, susceptibility and health motivation.
Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the five subscales ranged from 0Æ62 to
0Æ86, and test–retest reliability coefficients ranged from 0Æ79 to 0Æ87 for the subscales.