Departamento de Psicologia Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universitat de València Estudi General, Avda Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain.
AIDS Behav. 2018 Nov;22(11):3525-3534. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2182-6.
Sexual Sensation Seeking has been identified as a main predictor of unsafe sex that particularly affects LGB people. This study adapts and validates the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale to Spanish LGB people. For this purpose, we tested the factor structure in 1237 people, ranged from 17 to 60 years old, 880 self-defined as homosexuals and 357 as bisexuals. The results support the appropriateness of this scale for Spanish LGB people and determine two factors, explaining the 49.91% of variance: "physical sensations attraction" and "sexual experiences". Our findings reveal optimal levels of internal consistency in the total scale (α = 0.81) and each factor (α = 0.84 and α = 0.71). Additional analyses have demonstrated convergent validity for this scale. Important implications of the validated Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale in Spanish LGB people are discussed, in order to early detection and preventive interventions for HIV and other sexual health problems.
性感觉寻求已被确定为不安全性行为的主要预测因素,特别是对女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋者(LGB)有影响。本研究旨在将性感觉寻求量表适用于西班牙的 LGB 人群,并对其进行验证。为此,我们对 1237 人进行了测试,年龄在 17 至 60 岁之间,其中 880 人自我定义为同性恋者,357 人自我定义为双性恋者。结果支持该量表适用于西班牙 LGB 人群,并确定了两个因素,可解释 49.91%的方差:“身体感觉吸引力”和“性经验”。总量表(α=0.81)和每个因素(α=0.84 和 α=0.71)的内部一致性水平均达到最佳。此外,还对该量表的收敛效度进行了分析。讨论了验证后的性感觉寻求量表在西班牙 LGB 人群中的重要意义,以便及早发现和预防艾滋病毒和其他性健康问题。