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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Gay Male Sexual Difficulties Scale

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, January 2016
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Title
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Gay Male Sexual Difficulties Scale
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Archives of Sexual Behavior, January 2016
DOI 10.1007/s10508-015-0664-4
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Lorraine K. McDonagh, Ian Stewart, Melanie A. Morrison, Todd G. Morrison

Abstract

Sexual difficulties (i.e., disturbances in normal sexual responding) have the potential to significantly and negatively affect men's social and psychological well-being. However, a review of published measurement tools indicates that most have limited applicability to gay men, and none offer a nuanced understanding of sexual difficulties, as experienced by members of this population. To address this omission, the Gay Male Sexual Difficulties Scale (GMSDS) was developed using a sequential mixed-methods approach. The 25-item GMSDS uses a 6-point frequency Likert-type response format and examines: difficulties with receptive and insertive anal intercourse (5 items each); erectile difficulties (4 items); foreskin difficulties (4 items); body embarrassment (4 items); and seminal fluid concerns (3 items). The measure's scale score dimensionality, assessed using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as scale score reliability and validity (e.g., known-groups and convergent) was tested and deemed to be satisfactory. Limitations of the current series of studies and directions for future research are discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 2%
Unknown 45 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Student > Postgraduate 4 9%
Other 4 9%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 15 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 15 33%
Social Sciences 6 13%
Philosophy 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 18 39%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2017.
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#6,403,133
of 23,002,898 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#1,887
of 3,479 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#103,059
of 394,334 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#26
of 41 outputs
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