Sexual Opinion Survey: An Exploratory Factor Analysis With Helping Professionals
Keywords
assessment; attitudes; exploratory factor analysis; instrument refinement; Sex
Abstract
Counselors and marriage and family therapists work with individuals, couples, and families on issues related to sexuality. However, clinicians may be underserving their clients by not having adequate training and preparation to work with clients with these presenting issues. One mitigating factor in the treatment of sexual problems is therapists’ comfort with discussing issues of sexuality. Therefore, researchers performed an exploratory factor analysis on the Sexual Opinion Survey with a sample of registered and licensed counselors and marriage and family therapists in the state of Florida (N = 813). The data analyses resulted in a five-factor, 21-item assessment that explained 58.71% of the variance. The researchers present how the SOS can be used as a tool in sexual education.
Publication Date
7-3-2015
Publication Title
American Journal of Sexuality Education
Volume
10
Issue
3
Number of Pages
242-260
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2015.1049315
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84941738586 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84941738586
STARS Citation
Bloom, Zachary D.; Gutierrez, Daniel; and Lambie, Glenn W., "Sexual Opinion Survey: An Exploratory Factor Analysis With Helping Professionals" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 594.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/594