title: The SOMA--a questionnaire measure of sexual anxiety.
abstract: SOMA, a questionnaire designed by J. T. Quinn to measure sexual anxiety in patients presenting at a psychosexual clinic, has been used extensively as a clinical and research tool. Its construction and scoring are described, and data are presented for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, principal components analysis, and validity. Practical applications for diagnosis, prognosis, and research are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires