Introduction

The potential consequences of being assertive or non-assertive for people’s sexual health and sexual well-being highlight the importance of assessing sexual assertiveness (SA). The currently available measures have limitations because they do not take recent social changes into account, they are designed to only assess women, and/or they ignore several components of SA. This study tests the psychometric properties of the Assertiveness in Sexual Relations Questionnaire (ASRQ).

Methods

Thus, 2370 participants (aged 18–69 years) of Spain completed the ASRQ, along with other scales that assesses related dimensions (e.g., family values in relation to sexual assertiveness, sexual esteem). Data were collected during 2020.

Results

Exploratory factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure: Assertive behavior as initiative, sub-assertive behavior, overly assertive behavior as initiative, and assertive behavior as a response, which was verified by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A multigroup CFA was also conducted in men and women, confirming the adequacy of this four-factor structure across genders. The reliability of the factors ranged from 0.72 to 0.87. Similarly, correlations with related scales were mostly significant and in the expected direction.

Conclusions

The psychometric results obtained support the use of the ASRQ as a reliable and valid measure to assess sexual assertiveness in both men and women.

Policy Implications

The availability of an instrument to assess sexual assertiveness, whose psychometric properties have been satisfactorily tested, benefits society by contributing to the improvement of the sexual health of the population, allowing for more effective interventions and the early detection of skills that contribute to the establishment of risky sexual interactions.

中文翻译：

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性关系自信评估工具的发展和心理测量特性

介绍

自信或不自信对人们的性健康和性福祉的潜在后果凸显了评估性自信 (SA) 的重要性。当前可用的措施有局限性，因为它们没有考虑最近的社会变化，它们旨在仅评估女性，和/或它们忽略了 SA 的几个组成部分。本研究测试了性关系问卷 (ASRQ) 中自信程度的心理测量特性。

方法

因此，西班牙的 2370 名参与者（18-69 岁）完成了 ASRQ，以及评估相关维度（例如，与性自信、性尊重相关的家庭价值观）的其他量表。数据是在 2020 年收集的。

结果

探索性因素分析产生了一个四因素结构：作为主动性的自信行为、次自信行为、作为主动性的过度自信行为和作为反应的自信行为，这通过验证性因素分析（CFA）进行了验证。还在男性和女性中进行了多组 CFA，证实了这种跨性别的四因素结构的充分性。这些因素的信度在 0.72 到 0.87 之间。同样，与相关量表的相关性大多是显着的，并且在预期的方向上。

结论

获得的心理测量结果支持使用 ASRQ 作为评估男性和女性性自信的可靠和有效的措施。

政策影响

评估性自信的工具的可用性，其心理测量特性已得到令人满意的测试，通过促进改善人口的性健康，允许更有效的干预和早期发现有助于建立性行为的技能，从而使社会受益危险的性行为。