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- Title
The Development of the Sexual Satisfaction and Frustration Inventory for Women.
- Authors
Zacchilli, Tammy L.; Ault, Lara K.; Zamora, Richard C.; Garnier, Andree; Marrero, Alanna
- Abstract
The only known measure of sexual frustration, to the researchers’ knowledge, is a non-peer reviewed 4-item scale. Thus, the main purpose of the present studies was the construction of a more comprehensive sexual frustration measure that assesses both conditions producing sexual frustration and ways people cope with it. Our pilot study results were surprising. First, a sexual satisfaction scale was developed because the items reflected satisfaction rather than frustration. Second, men’s data were unusable due to impression management. In the subsequent studies, items were developed to measure sexual frustration using all female participants. Based on the results of these studies, the Sexual Satisfaction and Frustration Inventory for Women was created. Four factors of frustration emerged: Expectations, Insecurity, Infidelity, and Self-Pleasure. These 4 factors were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis that resulted in a good fit for the 4-factor model compared to the 1- and 2-factor models. The same 4 factors emerged from the CFA. Expectations and Insecurity emerged from the prompt “I am sexually frustrated when,” and appear to produce sexual frustration. The other factors, Self-Pleasure and Infidelity, emerged from the prompt “When I am sexually frustrated, I...” and appear to be strategies for coping with sexual frustration. Sexual frustration predictor and coping mechanism factors showed evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Only Expectations and Insecurity correlated with sexual satisfaction, both negatively. This suggests that satisfaction is not necessarily the inverse of frustration, despite that our sexual satisfaction scale was meant to be a sexual frustration scale. Implications and directions for future research will be discussed.
- Subjects
SEXUAL excitement; FRUSTRATION; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; IMPRESSION management; SATISFACTION; INVENTORIES
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 2, p110
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2325-7342.JN29.2.110