An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Sexual Compulsivity Scale and Its Correspondence with the Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory among a Sample of Highly Sexually Active Gay and Bisexual Men

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 481-493

  Ventuneac, Ana ^a   Rendina, H Jonathon ^a   Grov, Christian ^a,b,c   Mustanski, Brian ^d   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b,c  

^a Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay and Bisexual Men; Hypersexual Disorder; Hypersexuality; Item Response Theory; Psychometrics; Sexual Compulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUAL DISORDER SCREENING INVENTORY; HYPERSEXUALITY; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COMPULSIVITY; SEXUAL COMPULSIVITY SCALE; THEORY; BISEXUALITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; PARAPHILIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARAPHILIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922496316     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12783     Document Type: Article

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