Validation of the Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) in Italy

Assessing Gender and Age Differences of Sexual Functioning

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8359596
AutoresMarta Panzeri (0000-0002-6219-4408, University of Padua, autor correspondente), Harold Dadomo (0000-0002-1810-0355, University of Parma), Lucia Ronconi (0000-0002-2360-9965, University of Padua), Lilybeth Fontanesi (0000-0001-8798-9015, University of Chieti-Pescara)
Ano2021
Volume50
Fascículo6
Páginas2755-2772
Data de publicação2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchives of Sexual Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-0002 • E-ISSN: 1573-2800
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10508-021-01972-3
PMID34363195
OpenAlexW3187299315
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas76

The Sexual Inhibition Scales and Sexual Excitation Scales (Janssen et al., 2002a), based on the dual control model by Bancroft and Janssen (2000), are part of a 45-item self-report questionnaire evaluating individual tendencies to sexual inhibition or excitation according to three factors: two inhibition factors, SIS1, threat of performance failure, and SIS2, threat of performance consequences, and one excitation factor, SES. In this paper, we aimed to validate and explore psychometric properties of the SIS/SES in a sample of 2260 Italian men and women aged 18 to 75 years. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the three-factor structure proposed in the original version of the scales fit with our sample. Moreover, our data confirmed the results of the original validation sample: Women scored higher on the SIS and lower on the SES than men did, but no significant differences appeared in the factor scores by age group, except for a gender × age interaction, where younger women had higher SIS2 scores. The SIS/SES appeared to be an effective, appropriate cross-cultural measurement of human sexuality in Italian samples, also shedding light on sexual arousal differences in women and men in our country. We also discuss clinical and therapeutic aspects

Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Public health · Sexual behavior · Sexual dysfunction · Sexual Functioning · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology