Short scale to measure female sexuality: Adapted from McCoy Female Sexuality Questionnaire

This article examines sex-questionnaire data using the Personal Experiences Questionnaire (PEQ; Dennerstein, Hopper & Burger, 1997). We used sta from a particular population-based sample of 354 Australian mid-aged women and a n optimization procedure in order to reduce the length of PEQ while retaini ng items measuring the components of female sexual functioning and key dete rminants. Eight items were selected. We recommend retaining item related to orgasm (rejected for parsimony only). Eight of the nine items from McCoy F emale Sexuality Questionnaire, confirming the validity of this source scale . The original wording in the McCoy scale is recommended as considerable da ta has now become available on reliability and validity.