Graham Cynthia A, Sanders Stephanie A, Milhausen Robin R
Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, Isis Education Centre, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX37JX, England.
Arch Sex Behav. 2006 Aug;35(4):397-409. doi: 10.1007/s10508-006-9041-7. Epub 2006 Aug 11.
This article reports on the development of a new questionnaire designed to assess the propensity for sexual excitation and sexual inhibition in women: The Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (SESII-W). The theoretical model underlying this research, the Dual Control Model, postulates that sexual response depends on a balance between excitatory and inhibitory mechanisms and that individuals vary in their propensity for excitation and inhibition. This study describes the development and initial validation of the SESII-W in a sample of 655 women (M age, 33.9 years). Factor analysis identified eight factors and two higher-order factors: one related to sexual excitation and one to sexual inhibition. The measure demonstrated good test-retest reliability and discriminant and convergent validity. Our data underscore that a number of factors affect women's sexual arousal and these appear to be related to opposing processes of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition. Theoretical issues, possible gender differences, and the value of using qualitative data to inform questionnaire development are discussed.
本文报告了一项新问卷的开发情况，该问卷旨在评估女性的性唤起倾向和性抑制倾向：女性性唤起/性抑制量表（SESII-W）。本研究的理论模型——双控制模型假定，性反应取决于兴奋机制和抑制机制之间的平衡，且个体在兴奋和抑制倾向上存在差异。本研究描述了SESII-W在655名女性样本（平均年龄33.9岁）中的开发及初步验证情况。因子分析确定了八个因子和两个高阶因子：一个与性唤起相关，另一个与性抑制相关。该量表显示出良好的重测信度、区分效度和聚合效度。我们的数据强调，许多因素会影响女性的性唤起，而且这些因素似乎与性唤起和性抑制的相反过程有关。本文还讨论了理论问题、可能存在的性别差异以及利用定性数据为问卷开发提供信息的价值。
