title: Sexual Assertiveness Scale (SAS) for women: development and validation.
abstract: Four studies were conducted to develop and validate the Sexual Assertiveness Scale (SAS), a measure of sexual assertiveness in women that consists of factors measuring initiation, refusal, and pregnancy-sexually transmitted disease prevention assertiveness. A total of 1,613 women from both university and community populations were studied. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that the 3 factors remained stable across samples of university and community women. A structural model was tested in 2 samples, indicating that sexual experience, anticipated negative partner response, and self-efficacy are consistent predictors of sexual assertiveness. Sexual assertiveness was found to be somewhat related to relationship satisfaction, power, and length. The community sample was retested after 6 months and 1 year to establish test-retest reliability. The SAS provides a reliable instrument for assessing and understanding women's sexual assertiveness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Morokoff
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quina
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Harlow
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Whitmire
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Grimley
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Burkholder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*