Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction in Sexually Active Adolescents (Lawrance & Byers, 1992)
- Populations: Adolescents
- Age ranges: 14-17
- Languages: English
- Countries: Canada
Items
Item Stem:
In general, how would you describe your sexual relationship with your partner?
- 1. Very bad – Very good
- 2. Very unpleasant – Very pleasant
- 3. Very negative – Very positive
- 4. Very unsatisfying – Very satisfying
- 5. Worthless – Very valuable
Responses
Items used a 7 point response scale, but options were not reported.
Scoring
The total score ranges from 5 to 35, with higher scores indicating greater sexual satisfaction
Citations
- Bigras, Jacinthe Dion, Beáta Bőthe, E. Sandra Byers, Mariane
Aumais & Sophie Bergeron (2023) A Validation Study of the Global Measure of Sexual
Satisfaction in Sexually Active Adolescents, The Journal of Sex Research, 60:1, 62-70, DOI:
10.1080/00224499.2022.2148239 - Lawrance, K.-A., & Byers, E. S. (1992). Development of the interpersonal
exchange model of sexual satisfaction in long term relationships. The
Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1(13), 123–130. https://psycnet.
apa.org/record/1996-02794-004 - Lawrance, K., Byers, E. S., & Cohen, J. N. (2020). Interpersonal exchange
model of sexual satisfaction questionnaire. In R. R. Milhausen,
J. K. Sakaluk, T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, & W. L. Yarber (Eds.),
Handbook of sexuality-related measures (4th ed., pp. 497–503). Routledge.
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Unknown: 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
