Sexuality Scale subscale (Martin, 2014; adapted from Snell & Papini, 1989)

Perceived capacity to experience positve sexual outcomes in Middle and Late Adolescents, 5 Items, Ages 14-19

Populations: Middle & Late Adolescents
Age ranges: 14-19
Languages: French, English
Countries: Canada

Items

Example Item

“I am confident about myself as a sexual partner”

Responses

Items used a 5-point Likert-type scale, 1 = disagree, 5 = agree.

Scoring

An average score was computed using the 10 items reflecting sexual self-esteem, and the higher the score, the greater the person’s sexual self-esteem.

Citations

Stéphanie Couture, Martine Hébert & Mylène Fernet (2024) Validation of a French-Canadian adaptation of the Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness for adolescents, Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 39:4, 1106-1123, DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2022.2067981

Scoring breakdown

Measure development

Significant design input from young people
Cognitive interviews with young people
Expert input

Validity

Unknown: Face validity
Green: Convergent validity
Unknown: 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