Sexual Opinion Survey (Rise, Traeen, & Kraft, 1993)
- Populations: Adolescents and young adults
- Age ranges: 17-19
- Languages: English
- Countries: Norway
Items
Subscales:
- Erotophilia: 8 items
- Unconventional Sex: 5 items
- Erotophobia: 5 items
- Homo-orientation: 3 items
All Items:
- Exciting to think of intercourse
- I enjoy daydreaming about sex
- Exciting to look at a sexually explicit erotic movie
- Masturbation can be exciting
- I am curious about sexually explicit erotica
- Exciting to swim in the nude with opposite sex
- I would like to look at a sexually explicit erotic movie
- Entertaining to look at a sexually explicit erotic movie
- Thinking of engaging in unusual sex is highly arousing
- I wish to try several sex partners in my life
- Thoughts of being unfaithful do not worry me
- Exciting to participate in group sex
- Strip-tease is exciting
- Thoughts of seeing someone of the same sex masturbate is nauseating
- It is upsetting to see someone naked in public
- Sexually explicit erotica is filthy
- Sexually explicit material is nauseating
- If someone thought I was interested in oral sex, it would embarrass me
- Thoughts that I might be homosexual, would not worry me
- Thoughts of being physically attracted to someone of the same sex would not worry me
- To have a close homosexual friend would annoy me
Responses:
“Subjects indicate agreement-disagreement on a seven-point scale, from ‘strongly agree’ (1) to ‘strongly disagree’(7)” (Rise, Traeen, & Kraft, 1993)
Scoring
“Thus the 21 items included in the four factors as specified above were added into four sum scores” (Rise, Traeen, & Kraft, 1993)
Citations
Rise, J., Træen, B., & Kraft, P. (1993). The Sexual Opinion Survey scale: A study on dimensionality in Norwegian adolescents. Health Education Research, 8(4), 485–494. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/8.4.485
Scoring breakdown
Measure development
- Significant design input from young people
- Cognitive interviews with young people
- Expert input
Validity
- Unknown: Face validity
- Green: 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
