Paper Title
The Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women: Psychometric Properties
Keywords
- Sexual Excitation
- Sexual Inhibition
- Sexual Arousal
- Women
- Dual Control Model
- SESII-W
- Psychometric Properties
- Excitatory Mechanisms
- Inhibitory Mechanisms
- Test-retest Reliability
- Discriminant Validity
- Convergent Validity
- Factor Analysis
- Questionnaire Development
- Gender Differences
- Qualitative Data
- Sexual Response
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual Functioning
- Sexual Motivation
- Sexual Inhibition Inventory
- Theoretical Model
- Sexual Health
- Measurement Tools
- Sexuality Research
- Psychological Assessment
- Sexual Inhibition and Excitation Balance
- Women's Sexuality
- Validity Testing
- Sexual Function Scales
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 35 | Pages: 397–409
Published On
August, 2006
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Abstract
This article reports on the development of a new questionnaire designed to assess the propensity for sexual excitation and sexual inhibition in women: The Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (SESII-W). The theoretical model underlying this research, the Dual Control Model, postulates that sexual response depends on a balance between excitatory and inhibitory mechanisms and that individuals vary in their propensity for excitation and inhibition. This study describes the development and initial validation of the SESII-W in a sample of 655 women (M age, 33.9 years). Factor analysis identified eight factors and two higher-order factors: one related to sexual excitation and one to sexual inhibition. The measure demonstrated good test-retest reliability and discriminant and convergent validity. Our data underscore that a number of factors affect women's sexual arousal and these appear to be related to opposing processes of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition. Theoretical issues, possible gender differences, and the value of using qualitative data to inform questionnaire development are discussed.
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