title: Confirmatory factor analysis of a Spanish version of the sex fantasy questionnaire: assessing gender differences.
abstract: The objective of this study was to validate the factor structure of Wilson's Sex Fantasy Questionnaire (SFQ; Wilson, 1978; Wilson & Lang, 1981) using a Spanish version. In order to do this, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis on two nonclinical samples containing 195 men and 315 women. Both groups were tested for the structure proposed by Wilson and also for some alternative models. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that four factors were reasonably distinct, especially for the men. We proposed shortened version of the instrument that would have sufficient psychometric guarantees for assessing sexual fantasies in both genders. This abridged version improved the fit of the four-factor oblique factor equally for both the samples of men and women. In the light of the results of the validation hypothesis established with some criterion variables (dyadic sexual desire, unconventional sex, homophobia), we discuss discrepancies between both versions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatment, University of Granada, Spain. jcsierra@ugr.es
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: Virgilio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Ihab
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zubeidat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations