Sexual Values (Deardoff, Tschann, & Flores, 2008)

• Populations: Latinx Youth from heathcare clinics and health maintenance organizations.
• Age ranges: 16-22
• Languages: English, Spanish
• Countries: United States

Items

Sexual Talk as Disrespectful (alphas: total, 0.69; female, 0.75; male, 0.61)

1. Is it okay for a girl to talk about sex with a guy:**
     a. when they know each other but aren’t dating?
     b. when they first start dating?
     c. when they’ve been dating for awhile but haven’t had sex with each other?
     d. when they’re about to have sex?
     e. when they’ve already had sex?
     f. when they’re married?
2. Is it insulting for a guy to talk about sex with a girl: (a–f)
3. Will a guy lose respect for a girl if she talks about sex: (a–f)
4. Is it disrespectful for a guy to talk about sex with a girl: (a–f)

Satisfaction of Sexual Needs as Important (alphas: total, 0.72; female, 0.68; male, 0.71)

1. Do you think if a guy gets sexually excited, the girl should satisfy his sexual needs?
2. Do you think once a guy is sexually excited, it would be harmful if he didn’t ejaculate (come)?
3. Do you think if a girl gets sexually excited, the guy should satisfy her sexual needs?
4. Do you think once a girl is sexually excited, she needs to have an orgasm?

Female Virginity as Important (alphas: total, 0.64; female, 0.63; male, 0.66)

1. Do you think it’s okay for girls to have sex before they are in a serious relationship?**
2. Do you think it’s okay for girls to have sex before marriage?**
3. Do you think it’s okay for girls to make the first move with a guy?**

Comfort with Sexual Communication (alphas: total, 0.85; female, 0.84; male, 0.88)

1. How would you feel talking about the sexual positions you prefer?
2. How would you feel talking about what feels good to you during sex?
3. How would you feel talking about your sexual fantasies?
4. How would you feel talking about whether to use a condom?
5. How would you feel talking about oral sex (going down)?
6. How would you feel talking about what you would do about a pregnancy (like keep the baby, have an abortion, etc.)?
7. How would you feel talking about what you don’t like during sex?
8. How would you feel talking about the risk of STDs or HIV?

Sexual Comfort (alphas: total, 0.89; female, 0.87; male, 0.91)

1. How would you feel being naked in front of your sexual partner?
2. How would you fee about satisfying the sexual desires and fantasies of your sexual partner?
3. How would you feel having sex with the lights on?
4. How would you feel touching your partner’s penis/vagina?
5. How would you feel putting a condom on a guy/having a girl put a condom on you?
6. How do you feel about how your body looks to your sexual partner? 
7. How would you feel about showing your sexual excitement when you are having sex?
8. How would you feel doing something new during sex?
9. How would you feel giving oral sex (going down)?
10. How would you feel receiving oral sex (having someone go down on you)?

Sexual Self-Acceptance (alphas: total, 0.72; female, 0.73; male, 0.68)

1. Do you feel guilty about having sex?**
2. Do you think it’s okay for you to have sex?
3. Do you think it’s wrong for you to have sex?**
4. Do you feel guilty about having sexual feelings?**
5. Do you feel that having sex is embarrassing?**

Items marked ** are reverse-coded

Responses were made on Likert type scales 

Scoring

“In Table 1, reverse-coded items are indicated with a superscript R [** in above item list]. Response choices were based on 4-point Likert scales for Satisfaction of Sexual Needs as Important and Female Virginity as Important (1 definitely no to 4 definitely yes) and for Comfort with Sexual Communication and Sexual Comfort (1 very uncomfortable to 4 very comfortable) and a 5-point Likert scale for Sexual Self- Acceptance (1 not at all to 5 very much). Response options for Sexual Talk as Disrespectful were calculated based on yes/no responses for subitems a–f, which were assigned a score of 1 or 0, respectively. Subitem scores were then summed to obtain item scores, ranging from 0 (always okay) to 6 (never okay). Of note, the majority of individuals scored either 0 or 1 for these items, thus the range for the scale was restricted and the mean low” (Deardoff, Tschann, & Flores, 2008)

Citations

Deardorff, J., Tschann, J. M., & Flores, E. (2008). Sexual values among Latino youth: Measurement development using a culturally based approach. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14(2), 138–146. https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.138