Personal assessment of intimacy in relationships: Validity and measurement invariance across gender

Constant, Emilie; Vallet, Fanny; Nandrino, Jean‐Louis; Christophe, Véronique

doi:10.1016/j.erap.2016.04.008

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“…Constant et al ., examined the reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha, with coefficients ranging from 0.72 to 0.86. [ 28 ] Moreover, in the research of Wubbolding and Wubbolding, the reliability of MIQ was confirmed with Cronbach's alpha and coefficient of 0.76. [ 29 ] In the present study, Cronbach's alpha of the 0.87 questionnaire was obtained.…”

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The effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women

Zabihi

Koleshtajani

Yekta

2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Infertility is one of the most important challenges in the modern life that can damage the sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of couples. The present study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and follow-up. The statistical population was infertile women who were referred to Imam Sajjad Shahriyar Hospital in 2019–2020. 15 infertile women selected by purposive sampling and underwent reality therapy (8 sessions of 90 min). Data were collected using index sexual satisfaction (ISS) and marital intimacy questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software, analysis of variance with repeated measures and post hoc Bonferroni test. RESULTS: The results of analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between the scores of sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy in posttest and follow-up stages compared to pretest ( P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results, reality therapy can be used as an effective intervention to improvement sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women.

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confidence: 97%

The effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women

Zabihi

Koleshtajani

Yekta

2022

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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“…Therefore, it is questionable whether certain behaviors are interpreted in the same manner by female and male adolescents. Several studies have identified and expressed the need to carefully assess whether groups can be compared on sexual attitudes, before actual comparisons on latent means can be made (Constant et al, 2016; Crawford & Popp, 2003; Emmerink et al, 2017; Jardin et al, 2017; Zhou et al, 2014). Indeed, when a scale is used, the question often remains if the scale items are a good representation of the underlying construct (Sakaluk & Fisher, 2019), and if one can compare scale items between groups (e.g., cultural groups, religious groups, gender) or across repeated measures.…”

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Not One Sexual Double Standard but Two? Adolescents’ Attitudes About Appropriate Sexual Behavior

2020

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Popular belief holds that sexual behavior is evaluated more liberally for males than females. However, the assessment of this “sexual double standard” is controversial. Therefore, we investigated measurement equivalence of commonly used items to assess sexual double standards in previous research. Based on established measurement equivalence, we investigated whether adolescents endorsed a sexual double standard. Using data from 455 adolescents ( Mage = 14.51, SD = 0.64), confirmatory factor analyzes showed that the sexual double standard concept was measurement equivalent across sex, and partly across evaluations of the same and opposite sex. Factor analyzes demonstrated that there was not one, but two sexual double standards. Male adolescents evaluated male sexual behavior more liberally than female sexual behavior, but female adolescents evaluated female sexual behavior more liberally than male sexual behavior. This contradicts the traditional notion of the existence of one sexual double standard that favors male and suppresses female sexuality.

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“…Relationship intimacy was measured using the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR). 30 Our research team (see Acknowledgments) adapted in French the PINQ, the questionnaires developed by Contant et al 26,27 and the questionnaire created by Rini et al, 29 according to international guidelines.…”

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Women and Partners’ Information Need, Emotional Adjustment, and Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making Before Mastectomy

2020

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Objective: Our aim was to explore the differences between women and their partners on information need, emotional adjustment, and breast reconstruction (BR) decision-making after breast cancer diagnosis. A second aim was to explore these differences regarding surgery type (mastectomy vs immediate BR). Methods: Women newly diagnosed with a first nonmetastatic breast cancer and having a mastectomy were invited to fill out online questionnaires, in conjunction with their partners, before mastectomy. Questionnaires assessed their information need (Patient Information Need Questionnaire), emotional adjustment (Profile of Mood States), motivations to have BR or not, shared decision-making (Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire), and partner influence in BR decision-making. Results: Thirty (15 women and their partners) people took part in the study. Women and partners had similar levels of information need, emotional adjustment, and shared decision-making. However, partners did not entirely perceive why BR is wished or not by the women. Furthermore, partners of women having a mastectomy alone had higher scores of mood disturbance and a greater need for information, compared to partners of women having an immediate BR ( P < .05). Likewise, men expressed a greater need for disease-oriented information than their loved ones ( P < .05). Conclusions: This is the first study to highlight differences in couples’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis and BR decision-making before mastectomy. Partners express an important need for information and do not entirely perceive why BR is wished or not by their loved ones. An online tool providing information to both women and partners could help them in breast cancer care pathway and BR decision-making.

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Personal assessment of intimacy in relationships: Validity and measurement invariance across gender

Cited by 17 publications

References 34 publications

The effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women

The effectiveness of reality therapy on sexual satisfaction and marital intimacy of infertile women

Not One Sexual Double Standard but Two? Adolescents’ Attitudes About Appropriate Sexual Behavior

Women and Partners’ Information Need, Emotional Adjustment, and Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making Before Mastectomy

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