Adolescent Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale (Ballester-Arnal et al. 2017)
- Populations: Spanish Adolescents
- Age ranges: 15-18
- Languages: Spanish, German, Portugese
- Countries: Spain
Items
Subscales:
- Physical Sensations Attraction
- New Experiences Seeking
Physical Sensations Attraction
- I like wild “uninhibited” sexual encounters
- The physical sensations are the most important things about having sex
- I enjoy the sensation of intercourse without a condom
- My sexual partners probably think I am a “risk taker”
- When it comes to sex physical attraction is more important to me than how well I know the person
- I enjoy the company of “sensual” people
- I enjoy watching “X rated” videos
- I have said things that were not exactly true to get a person to have sex with me
New Experiences Seeking
- I am interested in trying out new sexual experiences
- I feel like exploring my sexuality
- I like to have new and exciting sexual experiences and sensations
Paper presents items in English.
Responses:
“Likert-type measure that asks respondents if they agree with a series of statements related to the personality disposition sensation seeking. The answers range from 1 (not at all like me) to 4 (very much like me).” (Ballester-Arnal et al. 2017)
Scoring
Not Reported
Citations
Ballester-Arnal, R., Ruiz-Palomino, E., Espada-Sánchez, J. P., Morell-Mengual, V., & Gil-Llario, M. D. (2018). Psychometric properties and validation of the sexual sensation seeking scale in Spanish adolescents: Brief screening method for use in research and clinical practice. Personality and Individual Differences, 122, 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.006
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Green: Face validity
- Unknown: Convergent validity
- Green: Construct validity
Reliability
- Green: Internal consistency
- Unknown: Test-retest
Ease of use
- Unknown: Readability
Definitions
Face validity: How well a measure appears to represent the construct it is supposed to be measuring.
Convergent validity: How well a measure correlates with other hypothetically-related measures.
Construct validity: The extent to which a measure reflects the construct it was designed to evaluate.
Internal consistency: The extent to which items in a scale capture aspects of the same construct.
Test-retest: The degree to which measurement scores are consistent over a short period of time (usually 2 weeks).
Readability: The ease with which a reader can understand the questionnaire items.
Key
- Green: Meets validation criteria
- Red: Does not meet validation criteria
- Unknown: Evidence not available
