ABSTRACT

Many measures of comfort and frequency of sexual communication between partners are limited in gender/sex and sexual orientation inclusivity, how constructs are measured, and for whom. We conducted two studies to investigate a revised and extended version of the Female Partner’s Communication During Sexual Activity Scale: the Sexual Communication Scale (SeCS). We revised the gender/sex language to improve inclusion and added items to assess frequency and comfort with sexual communication. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis (n = 578) supported a three-factor structure (Frequency of bidirectional communication, α = .96; Ease of own communication, α = .90; Ease of partner’s communication, α = .83). In Study 2, a confirmatory factor analysis (n = 1479) further supported the three-factor structure. Specifically, the three-factor model provided a reasonably good fit (χ2 (44) = 511.35, p < .001, CFI = .97, GFI = .95, AGFI = .91, SRMR = .00, RMSEA = .08). In both studies, we found small or no differences in men and women’s comfort and frequency of sexual communication. The results provide initial support that the SeCS is an internally consistent, multidimensional gender/sex inclusive tool for future research on sexual communication.

摘要

许多衡量伴侣之间舒适度和性交流频率的方法在性别/性别和性取向包容性、如何测量结构以及为谁测量方面受到限制。我们进行了两项研究，以调查女性伴侣在性活动期间的交流量表的修订和扩展版本：性交流量表 (SeCS)。我们修改了性别/性语言以提高包容性，并添加了项目来评估性交流的频率和舒适度。在研究 1 中，探索性因素分析 ( n  = 578) 支持三因素结构（双向沟通的频率，α = .96；自己沟通的难易程度，α = .90；伴侣沟通的难易程度，α = .83） . 在研究 2 中，验证性因素分析 ( n = 1479) 进一步支持了三因素结构。具体来说，三因素模型提供了相当好的拟合（χ2 (44) = 511.35，p  < .001，CFI = .97，GFI = .95，AGFI = .91，SRMR = .00，RMSEA = .08） . 在这两项研究中，我们发现男性和女性在舒适度和性交流频率方面存在微小差异或没有差异。结果提供了初步支持，即 SeCS 是一种内部一致的、多维的性别/性别包容性工具，可用于未来的性交流研究。