[Psychometric properties of an instrument for assessing cyber-sex addiction].
Psychometric properties of an instrument for assessing cyber-sex addiction. Cyber-sex addiction is a «new pathology» whose prevalence has grown rapidly in recent years. Therefore, it is important to have validated assessment instruments. The aim of this study was the adaptation and validation of the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) for its use in a Spanish population. The instrument was administered to 1239 Spanish college students. The results yielded five components that account for 47.5% of the variance. Internal consistency was .88 and temporal stability was .84. Moreover, the instrument had adequate convergent and discriminant validity and was related to other behaviors such as the use of pornography, internet addiction, number of hours online and sexual frequency. Therefore, this tool is proposed as an appropriate measure to assess cyber-sex addiction.
Universidad Jaume I, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Castellón, Spain. rballest@psb.uji.es
Rafael
R
Ballester Arnal
Ma Dolores
MD
Gil Llario
Sandra
S
Gómez Martínez
Beatriz
B
Gil Juliá
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004882:Erotica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D057566:Self Report; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult