Attitudes Toward Sexual Behaviours Scale (Blanc, Byers, & Rojas, 2018)

• Populations: Canadian Young Adults
• Age ranges: 18-30
• Languages: Spanish, English
• Countries: Canada

Items

Subscales:

• Dyadic Sexual Behaviours with a Steady and Causal Partner
• Solitary Sexual Behaviours when a Person has and does not have a Partner
• Sexual Behaviours with more than one Person at the same time & the use of Erotic Material

Dyadic Sexual Behaviours with a Steady and Causal Partner

Please indicate how positively or negatively you feel about engaging in the following behaviours with a CASUAL PARTNER

• Caressing/touching any intimate part of the body of a casual partner.
• Penile-vaginal sexual intercourse with a casual partner.
• Mutual masturbation with a casual partner.
• Oral sex with a casual partner.
• Anal sex with a casual partner.
• Send pictures or messages via the internet or a cell phone with sexual content (sexting) to a casual partner.
• Sex over the internet (cybersex) with a casual partner.

Please indicate how positively or negatively you feel about engaging in the following behaviours with a STEADY PARTNER

• Caressing/touching any intimate part of the body of a steady partner.
• Penile-vaginal sexual intercourse with a steady partner.
• Mutual masturbation with a steady partner.
• Oral sex with a steady partner.
• Anal sex with a steady partner.
• Send pictures or messages via the internet or a cell phone with sexual content (sexting) to a steady partner.
• Sex over the internet (cybersex) with a steady partner.

Solitary Sexual Behaviours when a Person has and does not have a Partner

Please indicate how positively or negatively you feel about engaging in the following behaviours.

• Solitary masturbation (alone) when a person doesn’t have a steady partner.
• Solitary masturbation (alone) when a person has a steady partner.
• Having sexual fantasies when a person doesn’t have steady partner.
• Having sexual fantasies when a person has a steady partner.
• Reading erotic magazines or books (with sexual content).
• Watching erotic movies (e.g., showing sexual activities).

Sexual Behaviours with more than one Person at the same time & the use of Erotic Material

Please indicate how positively or negatively you feel about engaging in the following behaviours with MORE THAN ONE
PERSON at the same time.

• Sexual activity with two other persons at the same time (threesome).
• Sexual activity with a group of persons at the same time (orgy or group sex).

Response Options:

Responses are on a 5-point scale ranging from very negative (1) to very positive (5).

Scoring

Total score can range from 22 to 110 with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward sexual behaviours.

Citations

Blanc, A., Byers, E. S., & Rojas, A. J. (2018). Evidence for the validity of the Attitudes Toward Sexual Behaviours Scale (ASBS) with Canadian young people. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 27(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2017-0024