Development and validity evidence of the multidimensional scale of sexual self-concept in a Spanish-speaking context

Ferrer-Urbina, Rodrigo; Sepúlveda-Páez, Geraldy; Henríquez, Diego-Tomás; Acevedo-Castillo, Daniel Ignacio; Llewellyn-Alvarado, Débora Alejandra

doi:10.1186/s41155-019-0136-1

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“…Higher scores suggest higher levels of sexual self-concept. The scale presented evidence of validity based on the internal structure of the test and satisfactory levels of reliability in all its dimensions [ 46 ].…”

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Psychological Factors and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Multidimensional Model Based on the Chilean Population

Ferrer-Urbina

Mena-Chamorro

Halty

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a global health problem, with sexual risk behaviors (SRB) being the main routes of spreading the virus. Evidence indicates that different psychological factors influence SRB (e.g., attitude towards condoms, sexual self-concept, sexual sensation seeking, knowledge of sexual risk behaviors, risk perception). This study proposes an explanatory model of sexual risk behaviors in young people and adults. The sample consisted of 992 young people and adults aged between 18 and 35 years. The model presented good levels of fit (X2 = 3311.433, df = 1471, CFI = 0.964, TLI = 0.959, RMSEA = 0.036), explaining 56% of the variance of sexual activity with multiple partners, 77% of the inadequate use of protective barriers, and 58.8% of sexual activity under the influence of alcohol or drugs from a set of psychological factors in self-report measures. The details of the results offer novel contextual evidence for the prioritization of prevention-oriented psychosocial interventions.

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Psychological Factors and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Multidimensional Model Based on the Chilean Population

Ferrer-Urbina

Mena-Chamorro

Halty

et al. 2022

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“…For the included items that captured whether participants have a positive appraisal of themselves in the context of sexuality, the Sexual Self-Esteem subscale from Ferrer-Urbina et al (2019) was used. It was composed of four items such as “ I would not change anything in my current sex life.” Moreover, an additional item from the Sexual Self-Efficacy subscale was included: “ I think I know how to stimulate my partner(s) well.…”

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Flirting With or Through Media: How the Communication Partners’ Ontological Class and Sexual Priming Affect Heterosexual Males’ Interest in Flirtatious Messages and Their Perception of the Source

Szczuka

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Because technologies are frequently used for sexual gratification it seems plausible that artificial communication partners, such as voice assistants, could be used to fulfill sexual needs. While the idea of sexualized interaction with voice assistants has been portrayed in movies (e.g., “Her”), there is a lack of empirical research on the effect of the ontological class (human versus artificial) on the voice’s potential to evoke interest in a sexualized interaction and its perception in terms of sexual attractiveness. The Sexual Interaction Illusion Model (SIIM), which emphasizes influences on sensations evoked by artificial interaction partners, furthermore suggests that there may be contextual influences, especially sexual arousal, that may be crucial for the question of engaging in a sexualized interaction with an artificial entity. To empirically investigate whether the ontological class of the speaker (computer-mediated human in comparison to voice assistants) and the level of sexual arousal affects the heterosexual males’ interest in hearing more flirtatious messages and the perception of the communication partner’s sexual attractiveness, an online experiment with between subject design was conducted. Two hundred and fifty seven respondents were confronted with at least four, and voluntarily six messages from either a computer-mediated human or a flirtatious voice assistant, in interaction with being previously primed sexually or neutrally. The results demonstrated that the effect of sexual arousal was not prevailing on the interest in further messages and the attractiveness perception of the interaction partners, while the ontological class did so. Here, the voice assistant evoked more interest in further messages and the technology itself, while the computer mediated human was perceived to be more sexually attractive and flirtatious, and evoked more social presence. The communication partners social presence was shown to be the predictor with most explanatory power for the interaction partners perceived sexual attractiveness, regardless of whether it was human or artificial. The results underline differences between artificial and human interaction partners, but also underline that especially social presence and the feeling that the user is addressed (in terms of flirtatiousness) is crucial in digitalized intimacy regardless of the ontological class.

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“…Every person is presumed to have a mental image of the sexual self in mind [31]. The MSSCQ has been validated in several populations [30,[32][33][34]. For the present purpose, we used the MSSCQ subscales for sexual self-e cacy and sexual anxiety, as well as subscales for sexual motivation, sexual consciousness, body appreciation, and sexual self-esteem.…”

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Effects of Pole Dance on Mental Wellbeing and the Sexual Self-concept—A Pilot Randomized-controlled Trial

Pfeiffer,

Sowitzki,

Schäfer

et al. 2023

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Background The present pilot randomized controlled trial examined psychological and psychosexual effects of pole dancing. Methods Fifty women were randomized to an eight-weeks pole dancing program or waitlist. The primary outcome was global mental wellbeing. Secondary outcomes included several dimensions of the sexual self-concept, as well as body appreciation and global self-esteem. Results Compared to waitlist, the pole dance group showed an increase in mental wellbeing and improvements in sexual self-efficacy, sexual anxiety, sexual self-esteem, and body appreciation. Conclusions Pole dancing may have broad psychological effects on both overall mental wellbeing and important domains of the sexual self-concept.

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Development and validity evidence of the multidimensional scale of sexual self-concept in a Spanish-speaking context

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Psychological Factors and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Multidimensional Model Based on the Chilean Population

Psychological Factors and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Multidimensional Model Based on the Chilean Population

Flirting With or Through Media: How the Communication Partners’ Ontological Class and Sexual Priming Affect Heterosexual Males’ Interest in Flirtatious Messages and Their Perception of the Source

Effects of Pole Dance on Mental Wellbeing and the Sexual Self-concept—A Pilot Randomized-controlled Trial

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