Short Sexual Subjectivity Inventory (SSSI-11) (Paquette et. al. 2024)
- Populations: Adolescents
- Age ranges: M = 15.46
- Languages: English, French
- Countries: Canada
Items
Subscales
- Self-Efficacy in achieving desire and pleasure, 3 items
- Self-Reflection, 3 items
- Entitlement to pleasure from a partner, 3 items
- Entitlement to self-pleasure, 2 items
Items By Subscale
Self-Efficacy in achieving desire and pleasure
- I am able to ask a partner to provide the sexual stimulation I need /
Je suis capable de demander à un(e) partenaire de me procurer la stimulation sexuelle dont j’ai besoin - I would not hesitate to ask for what I want sexually from a romantic partner /
Je n’hésiterais pas à demander ce que je veux sexuellement à un(e) partenaire amoureux(euse) - If I were to have sex with someone, I’d show my partner what I want /
Si je devais avoir des relations sexuelles avec quelqu’un, je montrerais à mon/ma partenaire ce que je veux
Self-Reflection
- I don’t think about my sexual behavior very much /
Je ne pense pas beaucoup à mes comportements sexuels - My sexual behavior and experiences are not something I spend time thinking about /
Mon comportement sexuel et mes expériences ne sont pas des choses auxquelles je passe du temps à réfléchir - I rarely think about the sexual aspects of my life /
Je pense rarement aux aspects sexuels de ma vie
Entitlement to pleasure from a partner
- If a partner were to ignore my sexual needs and desires, I’d feel hurt /
Si un(e) partenaire devait ignorer mes besoins et mes désirs sexuels, je me sentirais blessé(e) - It would bother me if a sexual partner neglected my sexual needs and desires /
Cela me dérangerait si un(e) partenaire sexuel(le) négligeait mes besoins et mes désirs sexuels - I would expect a sexual partner to be responsive to my sexual needs and feelings /
Je m’attendrais à ce qu’un(e) partenaire sexuel(le) réponde à mes besoins et à mes sentiments sexuels
Entitlement to self-pleasure
- I believe self-masturbating can be an exciting experience. /
Je crois que se masturber peut être une expérience excitante - It is okay for me to meet my own sexual needs through self-masturbation. /
C’est correct pour moi de répondre à mes propres besoins sexuels par la masturbation
Responses
Items used a 5 point Likert-type scale, 1=Strongly disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neither disagree or agree, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly agree.
Scoring
Higher scores indicate a greater sense of entitlement, efficacy, and self-reflection
Citations
Paquette, M., Dion, J., Bőthe, B., O’Sullivan, L. F., Perrier Léonard, D., & Bergeron, S. (2024). How does sexual subjectivity vary on the basis of gender and sexual orientation? validation of the short sexual subjectivity inventory (SSSI-11) in cisgender, heterosexual and sexual and gender minority adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53(1), 275-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02675-7
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