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- Title
Development and validation of the Male Post-coital Affect Scale for heterosexual men.
- Authors
Pérez, Marta; Hoppe, Jørgen; Landau, Anne M.; Winterdahl, Michael
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Male Post-coital Affect Scale (MPAS), which was developed to assess positive post-coital feelings in men. Methods: After a pilot study, we validated our scale on a sample of American heterosexual men, who answered our questionnaire on the internet through Amazon Mechanical Turk. We tested the reliability using internal consistency. The validity was examined by assessing content, face and construct validity by testing the association between our scale, the Experience in Close Relationships Scale and other instruments. Results: A total of 484 volunteers were included in the study. Cronbach's α for the scale was 0.83. Our scale was negatively correlated with attachment avoidance, r (482) = −0.36, p < 0.001) and Perceived Stress Scale, r (482) = −0.18, p < 0.001, and positively correlated with sexual satisfaction, r (482) = 0.18, p < 0.001. Conclusion: The MPAS is a reliable and valid tool to assess positive post-coital feelings in men.
- Subjects
HETEROSEXUAL men; PERCEIVED Stress Scale; SEXUAL excitement; TEST validity; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
- Publication
Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 2023, Vol 35, Issue 4, p241
- ISSN
0924-2708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/neu.2023.12