Abstract

The Sexuality Inventory for Adolescents was developed from interviews with adolescents, consultations with sexual counselors, and a review of measures on adolescent sexuality, which consisted of 4 scales(Sexual Attitude, Sexual Impulse, Sexual Knowledge, and Sexual Coping Behavior). It was administered to 632 middle school and high school students in Seoul. Two studies to select items through item analysis and factor analysis were conducted. Items whose item-total correlation were below .30 or factor loading were below .30 were removed from final inventory. Factor analysis on remained items yielded 5 factors(Sexual Deviation, Contraception, Premarital Sex Relationship, Homosexuality, Masturbation) in Sexual Attitude Scale for middle school students and yielded abortion factor additionally for high school students. 2 factors(Sexual Deviation Impulse, Masturbation Anxiety) were extracted in Sexual Impulse Scale for middle school students and abortion factor was extracted additionally for high school students. Factor analysis revealed that Sexual Coping Behavior Scale for middle school students had 2 factors(Sexual Desire Control, Sexual Desire Expression) and 3 factors(Sexual Desire Control, Sexual Imagination, Sexual Behavior) for high school students. Internal consistency coefficients of subscales constructed of each factor in scales showed .66 - .93 range both for middle and high school students. These results suggest that the sexuality Inventory for Adolescents can be used as a reliable and valid measure to assess comprehensive sexuality of adolescents.