Construction and psychometric properties of sexuality scales: Sex Knowledge, Experience, and Needs scales for people with intellectual disabilities (SexKen-ID), people with physical disabilities (SexKen-PD), and the general population (SexKen-GP)
Mp. Mccabe et al., Construction and psychometric properties of sexuality scales: Sex Knowledge, Experience, and Needs scales for people with intellectual disabilities (SexKen-ID), people with physical disabilities (SexKen-PD), and the general population (SexKen-GP), RES DEV DIS, 20(4), 1999, pp. 241-254
This study reports oil the development and assessment of the psychometric p
roperties of three measures to assess sexual knowledge, experience, feeling
s, and needs. The first was designed to assess the Sexual Knowledge, Experi
ence, Feelings, and Needs of people with mild intellectual disabilities (Se
xKen-ID). The two parallel measures were designed to assess the same areas
of sexuality among people with physical disabilities (SexKen-PD) and among
rite general population (SexKen-GP). The areas of sexuality included in the
scales were Friendship, Dating and Intimacy, Marriage, Body Part Identific
ation, Sex and Sex Education, Menstruation, Sexual Interaction, Contracepti
on Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Mastu
rbation, and Homosexuality. Generation of the items in these scales is desc
ribed in Studies 1-3. Study 4 describes the evaluation of the psychometric
properties of the scales. Sixty-six people with intellectual disabilities,
54 people with physical disabilities and 100 people from the general popula
tion completed the scales. Test-retest reliabilities were also calculated w
ith 30 people with intellectual disabilities, 30 people with physical disab
ilities, and 30 people from the general population. These data demonstrate
the good psychometric properties of the scales and so their simitability fo
r assessing the sexual knowledge, experience, feelings, and needs of people
with disability (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.