Norms and Attitudes on Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Scale (Perrin et al., 2022)

• Populations: Adolescents and Adults
• Age ranges: 15-70 (subgroups 15-17, 19-24, 25-70)
• Languages: Portuguese
• Countries: Brazil

Items

Subscales

• Personal Beliefs, 13 Items
  • Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour, 5 Items
  • Men’s Motivations, 5 Items
  • Girls’ Readiness to have Sex, 3 Items
• Social Norms, 13 Items
  • Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour, 5 Items
  • Men’s Motivations, 5 Items
  • Girls’ Readiness to have Sex, 3 Items

Items by Subscale

Personal Beliefs

Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour

• If a girl responds positively to the advances of a man on the street, she should have sex with him
• Girls that accept presents or protection from men should repay with sex 
• Girls that use short skirts are looking for male attention 
• Girls that spend a lot of time in the street are available to get involved with men 
• Girls that get involved with men gain financial stability 

Men’s Motivations

• Men feel more powerful in sexual relations with girls than with women
• Men get more pleasure from sex with girls than with women
• Men think that the body of a girl is more attractive than that of a women
• Men like to get involved with girls because they are easier to control than women
• Men never refuse sex offered by a girl

Girls’ Readiness to have Sex

• A girl with a developed body has the maturity to make decisions about her sexual partners and relations
• A girl with a developed body is ready to have sex
• Girls of 13 to 14 years old are able to choose their sexual partners and relationships

Social Norms

Attributions to Girls’ Behaviour

• If a girl responds positively to the advances of a man on the street, she should have sex with him
• Girls that accept presents or protection from men should repay with sex 
• Girls that use short skirts are looking for male attention 
• Girls that get involved with men gain financial stability 
• Girls that spend a lot of time in the street are available to get involved with men 

Men’s Motivations

• Men feel more powerful in sexual relations with girls than with women
• Men get more pleasure from sex with girls than with women
• Men think that the body of a girl is more attractive than that of a women
• Men like to get involved with girls because they are easier to control than women
• Men never refuse sex offered by a girl

Girls’ Readiness to have Sex

• A girl with a developed body has the maturity to make decisions about her sexual partners and relations
• A girl with a developed body is ready to have sex
• Girls of 13 to 14 years old are able to choose their sexual partners and relationships

Scoring

 Scores for each of the factors (subscales) were computed by taking the sum of the items within each subscale

Citations

Perrin, N. A., Levtov, R. G., Ignacio, C. F., Anunciação, L., Landeira-Fernandez, J., Cerdeira, L., Lauro, G., Cislaghi, B., & Buller, A. M. (2022). Measuring social norms and attitudes about age-disparate transactional sex: Psychometric testing of the NAATSS. Lancet Regional Health - Americas (Online), 10, 100209-100209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100209