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- Initial Validation of the Sexual Pleasure Scale in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples of Partnered Heterosexual PeoplePublication . Pascoal, Patricia M.; Sanchez, Diana T.; Raposo, Catarina Fonseca; Pechorro, Pedro SantosIntroduction: Sexual pleasure is a central aspect of human sexuality; however, no validated measurements exist that assess sexual pleasure. We present a preliminary validation study of the psychometric properties of a Sexual Pleasure Scale (SPS), based on the three items developed by Sanchez, Crocker and Boike to measure sexual pleasure. The SPS is a brief and easy-to-implement instrument that assesses the extent of sexual pleasure experienced from sexual relationships, sexual activities, and sexual intimacy.Aim: To assess the validity of the SPS in a subgroup of patients diagnosed with sexual dysfunction (n = 89) and a non-clinical community sample (n = 188) of Portuguese men and women.Methods: We provide an initial examination of the reliability (eg, Cronbach alpha), convergent validity (eg, with measurements of sexual satisfaction), and divergent validity (eg, with measurements of body satisfaction) of the SPS.Main Outcome Measures: The survey included a sociodemographic questionnaire and a set of questionnaires to test the psychometric properties of the SPS.Results: The reliability study showed a high Cronbach value (alpha = 0.94). Convergent validity of the SPS with the measurements described showed mostly moderate to high statistically significant positive correlations, whereas the criterion-related validity showed the expected low non-significant correlation. The results also showed that the SPS shows strong sensitivity to discriminate people with from those without sexual problems.Conclusion: Results from the clinical population indicate that the SPS has good psychometric qualities and is a reliable measurement of sexual pleasure with applicability in clinical practice and clinical research but shows little variability within the community sample. Copyright (C) 2016, International Society for Sexual Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Psychopathy and behavior problems: a comparison of incarcerated male and female juvenile delinquentsPublication . Pechorro, Pedro Santos; Vieira, Duarte Nuno; Poiares, Carlos Alberto; Vieira, Rui Xavier; Maroco, Joao; Neves de Jesus, Saul; Nunes, CristinaThe objective of the present study was to compare incarcerated male and female juvenile offenders regarding psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, conduct disorder, self-reported delinquent behavior, and crime seriousness. Within a total forensic sample of 261 detainee participants, subdivided in a male group (n = 217) and a female group (n = 44), statistically significant differences were found. Female juvenile offenders show less callous-unemotional traits, more emotional symptoms, more prosocial behaviors, less self-reported delinquent behavior, and lower crime seriousness. Conduct disorder prevalence was very high, but no statistically significant gender differences were found. The predictive importance of psychopathic traits, behavior problems, psychopathy taxon, and conduct disorder for the prediction of group membership (female versus male) was established by binary logistic regression. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Nova Escala de Satisfação Sexual – versão curtaPublication . Pechorro, Pedro Santos; Pascoal, Patricia Monteiro; Jesus, Saúl; Almeida, Ana Isabel; Figueiredo, Catarina Soares; Vieira, Rui XavierIntroduction: Sexual satisfaction is an essential construct in the study of human sexualityObjective: The aim of the present study was to validate the Portuguese version of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S), a short form scale that assesses sexual satisfaction among men and women.Material and methods: A total of 298 participants completed the Portuguese version of the NSSS-S.Results: The main psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the NSSS-S were assessed, most importantly the two-factor structure and Cronbach's alpha (>= 0.89).Discussion: The NSSS-S revealed the bidimensional structure of the original NSSS and good values were obtained in terms of internal consistency, convergent validity, divergent validity and concurrent validity.Conclusions: The use of the Portuguese version of the NSSS-S is justified and reinforced since it has sound psychometric properties. (C) 2016 Asociacion Espanola de Andrologia, Medicina Sexual y Reproductiva. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved.