Development and Validation of the Sexual Agreement Investment Scale

Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among gay men. Lower levels of investment in these agreements may be associated with breaking them or engaging in risky sexual behavior. A scale was developed to measure agreement investment levels among gay men. Qualitative data from 78 gay men in committed relation...

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Published in:The Journal of sex research 2010-01, Vol.47 (1), p.24-37
Main Authors: Neilands, Torsten B., Chakravarty, Deepalika, Darbes, Lynae A., Beougher, Sean C., Hoff, Colleen C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS
Couple therapy
Couples Therapy
Discriminants
Dyadics
Factor analysis
Gays & lesbians
HIV
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Homosexuals
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Investment
Male
Male homosexuality
Men
Middle Aged
Psychometrics
Quantitative analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual behaviour
Sexuality
Statistical variance
Surveys and Questionnaires
Validation
Young Adult
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Summary:Sexual agreements are ubiquitous among gay men. Lower levels of investment in these agreements may be associated with breaking them or engaging in risky sexual behavior. A scale was developed to measure agreement investment levels among gay men. Qualitative data from 78 gay men in committed relationships were analyzed to inform item development, followed by quantitative analyses of two larger samples (n = 380, n = 1,001) to assess construct, convergent, and discriminant validity. The Sexual Agreement Investment Scale (SAIS) is a psychometrically sound measure of the level of investment in sexual agreements among gay men in relationships. Men with higher agreement investment were less likely to break agreements and less likely to engage in unprotected anal intercourse with outside partners. The SAIS can be used to measure investment in sexual agreements and its impact on sexual behavior in a wide variety of settings, including research on relationships, sexuality, couples therapy and HIV prevention.
ISSN:0022-4499
1559-8519
1559-8519
DOI:10.1080/00224490902916017