ABSTRACT

Preliminary evidence indicates that people’s sexual consent (i.e., their willingness to engage in sexual activity and communication of that willingness) varies across time and context. Study designs that assess sexual consent at multiple time points (e.g., experience sampling methodology [ESM]) are needed to better understand the within-person variability of sexual consent. However, extant validated measures of sexual consent are not appropriate for ESM studies, which require shorter assessments due to the increased burden this methodology has on participants. As such, the goal of the present study was to develop ESM measures of sexual consent based on items that have previously been validated for use in cross-sectional surveys. We selected items that balanced face validity as evidenced by cognitive interviews (n = 10) and content validity as evidenced by experts’ ratings (n = 6). To assess the construct validity and feasibility of these items, we administered the selected ESM measures of sexual consent in a seven-day pilot study (n = 12). The results suggested that the ESM measures developed in the present study were a valid and feasible assessment of people’s experience-specific internal consent feelings and external consent communication. We conclude with recommendations for sex researchers interested in ESM.

摘要

初步证据表明，人们的性同意（即他们参与性活动的意愿和这种意愿的沟通）因时间和环境而异。需要在多个时间点评估性同意的研究设计（例如，经验抽样方法 [ESM]），以更好地了解性同意的个体差异。然而，现有的经过验证的性同意措施不适用于 ESM 研究，由于这种方法对参与者的负担增加，因此需要更短的评估时间。因此，本研究的目标是根据先前已验证可用于横断面调查的项目开发 ESM 性同意测量方法。我们选择了通过认知访谈（n= 10）和专家评级证明的内容有效性（n = 6）。为了评估这些项目的结构有效性和可行性，我们在为期 7 天的试点研究（ n = 12）中管理了选定的 ESM 性同意测量。结果表明，本研究中开发的 ESM 措施是对人们特定经验的内部同意感受和外部同意沟通的有效和可行的评估。最后，我们为对 ESM 感兴趣的性研究人员提出了建议。