Attitudes Related to Sexual Concerns Scale – ASCS

Overall, I feel that my body is sexually attractive.

It is difficult for me to explain my sexual thoughts, attitudes, and feelings to someone else because I really don’t understand them myself.

When a male and female are having a sexual relationship, I feel it is the female’s responsibility to set the sexual limits since the male will try to get as much as possible.

I would feel very uncomfortable expressing my negative feelings about our sexual relations to a partner.

I would feel guilty if I did not follow religious pronouncements about sexual behavior.

I would not be afraid of becoming involved in a committed relationship at this point in time.

I would not feel ashamed to use masturbation as a sexual release.

I would worry that my partner would leave me if I did not do what she or he wanted me to do in bed.

I feel a partner would be sexually attracted to my nude body.

I am not confused about my sexual feelings.

It is more acceptable to me for a male to have a one-night stand than for a female to have a one-night stand.

It would not be difficult for me to make suggestions to a partner on ways to improve his or her sexual techniques.

I would feel guilty if I did not follow my family’s teachings about sexual behavior.

I would feel trapped if I was in a committed relationship at this time.

I would feel good about exploring and learning about my own body through masturbation.

If my partner did not reach orgasm, I would feel like a failure.

Because of the way my body looks, I would feel uncomfortable in the nude with a sexual partner.

It bothers me that I really do not understand why I behave sexually as I do.

I do not believe that males usually use love to get sex and females usually use sex to get love.

I would feel hurt if a sexual partner told me that something I do during lovemaking turns her or him off.

I would not feel guilty if I had genital sexual relations (such as intercourse) with a partner.

I am afraid to trust anyone in a sexual relationship at this time in my life.

I would feel guilty about masturbating.

I would worry that if I did not perform well sexually my partner would look for someone else.

It is not difficult for me to sort out my sexual feelings, values, and behaviors.

There probably would be some aspects of our sexual relationship that I just could not talk about with my partner.

I would not feel guilty fantasizing about sexual experiences.

I would feel like a failure if I found out that my sexual partner also engaged in solitary masturbation.

I would feel inadequate if I could not reach orgasm during vaginal penetration (such as vaginal intercourse) and needed other kinds of stimulation in order to reach an orgasm. [Females Only]

I would feel humiliated if I was unable to get an erection during a sexual encounter. [Males Only]