Validation of the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale among married or cohabiting Mexicans

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https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v18.n3.22224

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búsqueda de sensaciones sexuales, parejas concurrentes, actitud hacia la infidelidad marital, sexo, México

Abstract

The objective of this study was to validate the 9-item Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale (SSSS-9) in a population of Mexican adults married or cohabiting with a partner of the opposite sex. A sample of 807 participants was collected (53.4% women and 46.6% men, 90.1% married and 9.9% cohabitants) from random sources. The SSSS-9, one scale of unfaithful behavior and other one of attitude toward marital exclusivity were applied. The SSSS-9 showed very high internal consistency. The number of factors was one through Horn’s parallel analysis. The one-factor model had a good fit and was valid across both sexes through confir-matory factor analysis. The distribution of SSSS-9 showed positive asymmetry. Its average was higher among men than among women. SSSS-9 had a high correlation with un-faithful behavior, and moderate with attitude toward marital exclusivity. It is concluded that the properties of SSSS-9 are better in this population than those reported with SSSS-11 in other populations.

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José Moral de la Rubia, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Doctor por la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Alcalá, Psicólogo Especialista en Psicología Clínica, y Licenciado en Psicología por la Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, España). Profesor-investigador de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León desde agosto de 1999 y profesor por horas del programa de doctorado de la Facultad de Enfermería la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Miembro del Comité del Doctorado en Ciencias de la Enfermería e integrante y del comité editorial de tres revistas científicas. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores nivel 2. Perfil PROMEP. Miembro de Cuerpo Académico consolidado de Psicología Social y de la Salud, línea de investigación: variables psicosociales relacionadas a la salud y la familia.

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2018-12-04

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Moral de la Rubia, J. (2018). Validation of the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale among married or cohabiting Mexicans. Revista Evaluar, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v18.n3.22224

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