Hsu Kevin J, Rosenthal A M, Bailey J Michael
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA,
Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Jul;44(5):1301-12. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0397-9. Epub 2014 Oct 3.
Autogynephilia, or paraphilic sexual arousal in a man to the thought or image of himself as a woman, manifests in a variety of different behaviors and fantasies. We examined the psychometric structure of 22 items assessing five known types of autogynephilia by subjecting them to exploratory factor analysis in a sample of 149 autogynephilic men. Results of oblique factor analyses supported the ability to distinguish five group factors with suitable items. Results of hierarchical factor analyses suggest that the five group factors were strongly underlain by a general factor of autogynephilia. Because the general factor accounted for a much greater amount of the total variance of the 22 items than did the group factors, the types of autogynephilia that a man has seem less important than the degree to which he has autogynephilia. However, the five types of autogynephilia remain conceptually useful because meaningful distinctions were found among them, including differential rates of endorsement and differential ability to predict other relevant variables like gender dysphoria. Factor-derived scales and subscales demonstrated good internal consistency reliabilities, and validity, with large differences found between autogynephilic men and heterosexual male controls. Future research should attempt to replicate our findings, which were mostly exploratory.
自体性欲亢进，即男性因将自己想象为女性的想法或形象而产生的性偏好性唤起，表现为各种不同的行为和幻想。我们在149名患有自体性欲亢进的男性样本中，对评估五种已知自体性欲亢进类型的22个项目进行了探索性因素分析，以此来研究它们的心理测量结构。斜交因素分析的结果支持了用合适的项目区分五个组因素的能力。层次因素分析的结果表明，这五个组因素在很大程度上由自体性欲亢进的一个一般因素所支撑。由于一般因素比组因素解释了22个项目总方差中的更多部分，所以男性所具有的自体性欲亢进类型似乎不如他自体性欲亢进的程度重要。然而，这五种自体性欲亢进类型在概念上仍然有用，因为在它们之间发现了有意义的区别，包括认可率的差异以及预测性别焦虑等其他相关变量的能力差异。因素衍生的量表和子量表显示出良好的内部一致性信度和效度，在患有自体性欲亢进的男性与异性恋男性对照组之间发现了很大差异。未来的研究应尝试重复我们的发现，我们的发现大多是探索性的。
