Sexual Mindfulness Measure (Leavitt et al., 2020)

• Populations: Sexually Active Adolescents
• Age ranges: 13–18 Two samples taken:13–15, 16–18
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

• I pay attention to sexual sensations. 
• I pay attention to how sex affects my thoughts and behavior. 
• I can usually describe how I feel sexually at the moment in considerable detail. 
• I pay attention to my emotions during sex. 
• During sex, I sometimes get distracted by evaluating myself or my partner.
• During sex, I sometimes get tense when I have a thought I’m not comfortable with.
• Sometimes when I get a certain thought in my head, it ruins the whole sexual experience

Responses

Items used 5 point Likert-type scale, 1 = Never or rarely true, 5 = Very often or always true

Scoring

“Participants responded to four statements relating to the awareness aspect of sexual mindfulness and three statements relating to the non-judgment aspect of sexual mindfulness using a Likert scale of 1 (never or rarely True) to 5 (very often or always true). Negative items were reverse scored such that higher scores reflected greater sexual mindfulness.”  (Leavitt et al., 2020)

Citations

Leavitt, C. E., Allsop, D. B., Busby, D. M., Driggs, S. M., Johnson, H. M., & Saxey, M. T. (2020). Associations of mindfulness with adolescent outcomes and sexuality. Journal of Adolescence, 81(1), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.04.008