South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
J Sex Med. 2014 Jan;11(1):84-92. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12294. Epub 2013 Sep 30.
No measures are available for understanding beliefs in men who experience shame about the perceived size of their penis. Such a measure might be helpful for treatment planning, and measuring outcome after any psychological or physical intervention.
Our aim was to validate a newly developed measure called the Beliefs about Penis Size Scale (BAPS).
One hundred seventy-three male participants completed a new questionnaire consisting of 18 items to be validated and developed into the BAPS, as well as various other standardized measures. A urologist also measured actual penis size.
The BAPS was validated against six psychosexual self-report questionnaires as well as penile size measurements.
Exploratory factor analysis reduced the number of items in the BAPS from 18 to 10, which was best explained by one factor. The 10-item BAPS had good internal consistency and correlated significantly with measures of depression, anxiety, body image quality of life, social anxiety, erectile function, overall satisfaction, and the importance attached to penis size. The BAPS was not found to correlate with actual penis size. It was able to discriminate between those who had concerns or were dissatisfied about their penis size and those who were not.
This is the first study to develop a scale for measurement of beliefs about penis size. It may be used as part of an assessment for men who experience shame about the perceived size of their penis and as an outcome measure after treatment. The BAPS measures various manifestations of masculinity and shame about their perceived penis size including internal self-evaluative beliefs; negative evaluation by others; anticipated consequences of a perceived small penis, and extreme self-consciousness.
目前尚无方法可以了解那些对自己阴茎大小感到羞耻的男性的信念。这种方法可能有助于治疗计划，并在任何心理或生理干预后衡量结果。
我们的目的是验证一种新开发的称为阴茎大小信念量表（BAPS）的方法。
173 名男性参与者完成了一个新的问卷，其中包含 18 个项目，这些项目经过验证并开发成 BAPS，以及其他各种标准化措施。泌尿科医生还测量了实际的阴茎大小。
BAPS 经过六个性心理学自我报告问卷以及阴茎大小测量的验证。
探索性因素分析将 BAPS 的项目数量从 18 项减少到 10 项，最好由一个因素来解释。10 项 BAPS 具有良好的内部一致性，并与抑郁、焦虑、身体形象生活质量、社交焦虑、勃起功能、总体满意度以及对阴茎大小的重视程度等测量指标显著相关。BAPS 与实际阴茎大小无关。它能够区分那些对自己的阴茎大小感到关注或不满的人与那些没有关注或不满的人。
这是第一项开发用于测量对阴茎大小的信念的量表的研究。它可以作为那些对自己的阴茎大小感到羞耻的男性评估的一部分，也可以作为治疗后的结果测量。BAPS 可以衡量各种男性气质的表现以及对自己感知的阴茎大小的羞耻感，包括内部自我评价信念；他人的负面评价；对感知小阴茎的预期后果，以及极度的自我意识。
