Sexual Compulsivity Scale Compulsive Sexual Behav

Authors: Marco de T Scanavino Ana Ventuneac H Jonathon Rendina Carmita H N Abdo Hermano Tavares Maria L S do Amaral Bruna Messina Sirlene C dos Reis João P L B Martins Marina C Gordon Julie C Vieira Jeffrey T Parsons

Publish Date: 2014/10/28

Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 207-217

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Abstract

Epidemiological behavioral and clinical data on sexual compulsivity in Brazil are very limited This study sought to adapt and validate the Sexual Compulsivity Scale SCS the 22item version of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory CSBI22 and the Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory HDSI for use in Brazil A total of 153 participants underwent psychiatric assessment and completed selfreported measures The adaptation process of the instruments from English to Portuguese followed the guidelines of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research The reliability and validity of the HDSI criteria were evaluated and the construct validity of all measures was examined For the SCS and HDSI factor analysis revealed one factor for each measure For the CSBI22 four factors were retained although we only calculated the scores of two factors control and violence All scores had good internal consistency alpha 75 presented high temporal stability 76 discriminated between patients and controls and presented strong ρ  81 correlations with the Sexual Addiction Screening Test except for the violence domain = 40 and moderate correlations with the Impulsive Sensation Seeking domain of the Zuckerman Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire ρ between 43 and 55 The sensitivity of the HDSI was 7193  and the specificity was 100  All measures showed very good psychometric properties The SCS the HDSI and the control domain of the CSBI22 seemed to measure theoretically similar constructs as they were highly correlated ρ  85 The findings support the conceptualization of hypersexuality as a cluster of problematic symptoms that are highly consistent across a variety of measures

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