Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Research Group (CTS-267), Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Cartuja University Campus, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Granada, Cartuja University Campus, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 17;19(16):10232. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610232.
The validated tools for measuring sexual satisfaction (SS) assess in fact other phenomena such as sexual functioning, assess SS within the context of a romantic heterosexual relationship and intercourse-type activity or were designed to be applied only in therapeutic or rehabilitation contexts. Consequently, they offer an incomplete understanding of SS, particularly among women. We thus developed an alternative measure of SS, the Sexual Satisfaction Comprehensive Index (SSCI), considering both the individual and with-a-partner dimensions, as well as the actual and desired experiences of satisfaction, along with other dimensions affecting SS, and explored its psychometric properties. A total of 1080 young to mid-aged women with different sociodemographic, relationship and sexual identity backgrounds voluntarily completed several measures of SS, including the SSCI. Results showed that the SSCI is a reliable measure for assessing SS. An exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the latent multidimensional structure of the SSCI, supporting its factorial validity. In addition, the SSCI showed appropriate convergent validity with other measures commonly used to assess SS. In sum, the SSCI was revealed to be a useful multidimensional index of SS for research and practice contexts which allows the practitioner or the researcher to make decisions on which dimension(s) are to be evaluated. This study focused on women's SS, and future research with other gender, sexual and cultural identities is necessary to support its utility in multi-identity and multi-sexuality scenarios.
用于测量性满意度 (SS) 的经过验证的工具实际上评估了其他现象，例如性功能，在浪漫的异性恋关系和性交类型活动的背景下评估 SS，或者仅设计用于治疗或康复环境。因此，它们提供了对 SS 的不完整理解，尤其是对女性而言。因此，我们开发了一种 SS 的替代衡量标准，即性满意度综合指数 (SSCI)，考虑了个体和与伴侣的维度，以及实际和期望的满意度体验，以及影响 SS 的其他维度，并探讨了其心理测量特性。共有 1080 名来自不同社会人口、关系和性认同背景的年轻到中年女性自愿完成了几项 SS 测量，包括 SSCI。结果表明，SSCI 是评估 SS 的可靠衡量标准。探索性和验证性因素分析证实了 SSCI 的潜在多维结构，支持了其因子有效性。此外，SSCI 与其他常用于评估 SS 的常用测量方法具有适当的收敛有效性。总的来说，SSCI 是一种用于研究和实践背景的有用的 SS 多维指数，它使从业者或研究人员能够就评估哪些维度做出决策。本研究专注于女性的 SS，未来需要对其他性别、性和文化认同进行研究，以支持其在多认同和多性别的情况下的实用性。
