Ren Zhengjia, Liu Yanhong, Deng Jianjun
Department of Clinical Psychology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Department of psychology, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Hebei, China.
Sex Med. 2022 Jun;10(3):100501. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2022.100501. Epub 2022 Mar 23.
Negative experiences of and beliefs regarding masturbation frequently affect people's psychological well-being and health behaviors, but there is currently no specific assessment tool to measure Chinese people's beliefs about masturbation.
The goal of the present study was to develop a brief scale (the Masturbation Beliefs Scale, BMS) for Chinese university students.
The BMS was developed and administered online to 2 different samples, with a total sample of 3,231 respondents (1,527 males and 1,704 females). The items were formulated based on previous qualitative research data. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed.
The BMS scale contains 3 dimensions with good internal consistency and construct validity, which can well measure Chinese people's belief about masturbation.
The results of the two samples showed that the 17-item culturally based BMS demonstrated good internal consistency and construct validity. Three factors capturing university students' beliefs regarding masturbation emerged. The 3 factors were labeled beliefs about male masturbation (BAMM), beliefs about female masturbation (BAFM), and negative affect toward masturbation (NATM). The participants' culturally based masturbation beliefs were negatively related to independent self-construal and sexual compulsivity. In addition, their culturally based masturbation beliefs consistently predicted their likelihood of premarital sexual behavior.
Clinicians and researchers could utilize this culturally sensitive instrument to evaluate individuals' experiences of masturbation, which could help clinicians deliver efficacious sex therapy and sexual education to individuals who have misconceptions or phobias regarding masturbation.
The scale is an innovative tool that measures culturally relevant beliefs regarding masturbation among Chinese students. A limitation of this study is that several constructs were measured by single questions. This may attenuate the estimated correlation since single items are less reliable than multiple-item scales.
The present research demonstrates that a culturally sensitive scale is necessary to understand the culturally based values that influence university students' beliefs regarding masturbation and sexual behavior. Ren Z, Liu Y, Deng J. Development and Validation of the Chinese Version of The Masturbation Beliefs Scale. Sex Med 2022;10:100501.
关于自慰的负面经历和观念常常影响人们的心理健康和健康行为，但目前尚无专门用于测量中国人对自慰看法的评估工具。
本研究旨在为中国大学生开发一个简短量表（自慰信念量表，BMS）。
开发了BMS并在网上对两个不同样本进行施测，总样本量为3231名受访者（1527名男性和1704名女性）。项目基于先前的定性研究数据制定。进行了探索性和验证性因素分析。
BMS量表包含3个维度，具有良好的内部一致性和结构效度，能够很好地测量中国人对自慰的看法。
两个样本的结果表明，这个基于文化的17项BMS具有良好的内部一致性和结构效度。出现了三个反映大学生对自慰看法的因素。这三个因素分别被标记为关于男性自慰的信念（BAMM）、关于女性自慰的信念（BAFM）和对自慰的负面影响（NATM）。参与者基于文化的自慰信念与独立自我建构和性强迫呈负相关。此外，他们基于文化的自慰信念始终能预测其婚前性行为的可能性。
临床医生和研究人员可以利用这个对文化敏感的工具来评估个体的自慰经历，这有助于临床医生为那些对自慰有误解或恐惧的个体提供有效的性治疗和性教育。
该量表是一种创新工具，用于测量中国学生中与文化相关的自慰信念。本研究的一个局限性是，几个构念是通过单个问题来测量的。这可能会削弱估计的相关性，因为单个项目不如多项目量表可靠。
本研究表明，一个对文化敏感的量表对于理解影响大学生自慰和性行为信念的基于文化的价值观是必要的。任Z、刘Y、邓J。中文版自慰信念量表的编制与验证。性医学2022；10：100501。
