Development of the Spanish short version of Negative Attitudes Toward Masturbation Inventory

Association of Sexual Attitudes with Sexual Function: General vs. Specific Attitudes

“…The orgasm satisfaction explanation is also related to a negative attitude toward masturbation, but less significantly than attitude toward sexual fantasies insofar as negative attitude toward masturbation is associated with less orgasm satisfaction. The recent study by Cervilla et al [ 32 ] indicated that those people with a negative attitude toward masturbation reported less orgasm satisfaction in sexual relations than those with a more positive attitude. These results indicate a differential effect of both specific sexual attitudes about sexual response components.…”

“…The preferred attitudes toward fantasies favored all the sexual function dimensions of both men and women, but the attitudes toward masturbation only did so regarding orgasm satisfaction for both sexes, and for erections for men. The fact that men attached more importance to attitudes toward masturbation than women could be associated with men taking a more negative attitude toward this conduct, compared to women [ 32 ]. These results support the relevance of sexual fantasies as a central sexual function component [ 25 ].…”

“…The Spanish version of Negative Attitudes Toward Masturbation Inventory (NATMI) [ 32 ]. It was made up of 10 items (e.g., Masturbation in an adult is juvenile and immature) answered on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 ( not at all true from me ) to 5 ( extremely true for me ).…”

“…Most people experience them, and they are generally pleasurable and enriching for sexuality [ 25 ]. A positive attitude toward sexual fantasies is related to good sexual function [ 8 , 26 ], sexual satisfaction [ 27 ], sexual fantasies [ 28 , 29 ], frequency of sexual fantasies and sexual desire [ 14 , 30 ], positive sexual thoughts [ 31 ], sexual assertiveness [ 23 , 26 ], a positive attitude toward masturbation [ 32 ], intensity of the subjective orgasm experience in the masturbation context [ 33 ] and sexual guilt [ 34 , 35 ].…”

“…Consequently, we still note the impact of this tradition as it is still stigmatized today [ 36 , 37 ]. Indeed, a negative attitude toward masturbation is associated with sexual guilt [ 34 , 35 , 38 ], less frequent orgasms while practicing masturbation [ 39 ], less subjective sexual arousal [ 40 ], less frequent masturbation [ 32 , 41 ], less solitary sexual desire and a worse sexual function [ 32 ].…”