AIDS Attitude Scale – AAS
Measures attitudes, empathy, and tolerance toward people with HIV/AIDS across contagion concerns, moral issues, and legal/social welfare dimensions.
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Measures attitudes, empathy, and tolerance toward people with HIV/AIDS across contagion concerns, moral issues, and legal/social welfare dimensions.
A multidimensional self-report scale designed to measure various aspects of anxiety experienced about AIDS.
Measures the types of interpersonal discussion strategies that individuals use when wanting to discuss AIDS with an intimate…
A multidimensional instrument designed to measure stereotypic beliefs, personal attitudes, and medical/sexual opinions regarding AIDS.
A multidimensional self-report measure designed to assess different types of anxiety experienced in relation to HIV/AIDS.
Measures adolescents' attitudes toward HIV and the prevention of HIV infection using parallel 15-item forms.
A multidimensional instrument designed to assess stereotypic beliefs, personal attitudes, medical issues, and sexual issues related to AIDS.
Measures prevention-related sexual health knowledge relevant to risk reduction among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
Measures adolescents' factual knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, and characteristics.
Measures adolescents' attitudes toward HIV and the prevention of HIV infection using parallel 15-item forms.
Measures contemporary, subtle negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women based on beliefs about demands for equality…
Measures prevention-related sexual health knowledge relevant to risk reduction among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
A 25-item self-report scale designed to measure homophobic versus nonhomophobic attitudes, specifically the fear of being in close…
Measures adolescents' factual knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS transmission, prevention, mortality, and clinical presentation.
Measures students' behavioral intentions toward gay males and lesbians across social, classroom, and political contexts.
A multidimensional instrument designed to assess contemporary, subtle negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women.
Measures the extent to which negative attitudes and beliefs about homosexuality are internalized and integrated into one's self-image…
Measures homophobic versus nonhomophobic attitudes, specifically the dread or discomfort associated with being in close quarters with homosexuals.
Measures internalized homophobia in women who identify as lesbian across dimensions of visibility, connectedness, self-acceptance, and judgment.
Measures students' behavioral intentions toward gay males and lesbians in the context of teaching about homosexuality.
A 25-item self-report instrument designed to assess the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of homophobia.
Measures the extent to which negative attitudes and beliefs about homosexuality are internalized and integrated into one's self-image…
Measures the developmental stages of coming out for gay men based on Cass's Homosexual Identity Formation (HIF) model.
Measures internalized homophobia in women who identify as lesbian across the dimensions of visibility, connectedness, self-acceptance, and judgment.
Measures respondents' attitudes and knowledge levels regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
Assesses the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of homophobia.
Identifies the developmental stages of coming out in gay men based on Cass's Homosexual Identity Formation model.
Measures the diversity and nature of female sexual experiences, including heterosexual, homosexual, and autoerotic behaviors.
Measures heterosexuals' attitudes toward gay men and lesbians.
Measures respondents' attitudes and knowledge levels regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals across five dimensions.
Measures self-identified gay men's degree of affiliation and identification with distinct peer crowds within the gay community.
Measures various aspects of female sexual experiences, including heterosexual and homosexual behaviors, masturbation, and related attitudes.
Measures egalitarianism, power dynamics, and relationship balance in lesbian partnerships.
Measures heterosexual individuals' attitudes and prejudice toward gay men and lesbians.
Measures the degree to which self-identified gay men identify with distinct peer crowds or subgroups within the larger…
Measures perceived closeness to and behavioral involvement with the gay community among men who have sex with men.
Measures egalitarianism, decision-making power, and balance of involvement in lesbian partnerships.
Assesses gay, lesbian, and bisexual (LGB) individuals' perceptions of their mothers' initial reactions to their coming out.
Measures the degree of self-identification, perceived closeness, and behavioral involvement with the gay community among men who have…
A multidimensional self-report instrument designed to assess the developmental processes of sexual identity, including exploration, commitment, uncertainty, and…
Assesses gay, lesbian, and bisexual (LGB) individuals' perceptions of their mothers' initial reactions to their coming out.
Measures individual attitudes toward the tenets of three primary sexual ideologies (Traditional Romantic, Modern Naturalistic, and Abstinence) and…
A multidimensional self-report instrument designed to assess the developmental processes of sexual identity exploration, commitment, uncertainty, and synthesis/integration.
Measures attitudes toward the tenets of three sexual ideologies (Traditional Romantic, Modern Naturalistic, and Abstinence) and related controversial…
Assesses support for the 11 sexual rights formulated and adopted by the World Association of Sexology (WAS).
Measures women's behaviors and motives relative to initiating sexual contact with men.
Measures support for the 11 sexual rights formulated by the World Association of Sexology.
Measures relative preference for a left-wing world-view (humanist/naturalist) versus a right-wing world-view (normative/jehovanist).
Assesses women's behaviors and motives relative to initiating sexual contact with men.
Measures a relative preference for a left-wing world-view (humanist) and sexual ideology (naturalist) versus a right-wing world-view (normative)…
Measures the depth or intimacy of desired and experienced sexual behaviors during various stages of heterosexual dating.
Measures an individual's potential for sexual involvement and their relative preferences among three distinct paths to sexual absorption:…
Measures the depth or intimacy of desired and experienced sexual behaviors during various stages of heterosexual dating.
Measures involvement potential and path preferences (role enactment, trance, and partner engagement) in sexual episodes.
Measures the degree to which the idea of a partner's sexual attraction or involvement with another person evokes…
Measures the degree to which the idea of sexual attraction felt by one's partner for another person evokes…
Measures the extent to which an individual perceives sexual activity to be regulated from an internal versus an…
Measures passionate love, including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral indicants of desire for union, in children and adolescents.
Measures the extent to which an individual perceives sexual activity to be regulated from an internal versus an…
Measures the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components of passionate love.
Measures passionate love, infatuation, and desire for union in children and adolescents.
Measures feminine gender identity in adult males based on childhood and current behaviors, preferences, and feelings.
Measures the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components of passionate love.
Measures 10 distinctive stereotypic beliefs about males and their sexuality.
Measures feminine gender identity in adult males based on childhood and current behaviors, preferences, and feelings.
Measures negative attitudes and guilt associated with masturbation.
Measures cognitive beliefs and stereotypes about males and their sexuality across ten distinct dimensions.
Measures individuals' complex and often conflicting thoughts, feelings, and reasons for wanting or avoiding masturbation.
Measures negative attitudes toward masturbation and the construct of masturbation-guilt.
Measures sexual narcissism, characterized by an egocentric pattern of sexual behavior, sexual exploitation, and a sense of sexual…
Measures individuals' complex and often conflicting thoughts, feelings, and motivations regarding masturbation.
Measures the extent to which self-centered, narcissistic personality traits are manifested in sexual situations.
Evaluates causal attributions for orgasm and nonorgasm during sexual intercourse along internal/external and stable/unstable dimensions.
Measures sexual narcissism, characterized by a grandiose sense of sexual prowess, sexual entitlement, and lack of sexual empathy.
Assesses the extent to which self-centered, narcissistic personality traits are manifested in sexual situations.
A multidimensional self-report measure designed to assess and quantify the sensory and cognitive-affective dimensions of the psychological experience…
Measures causal attributions for orgasmic and non-orgasmic outcomes during sexual intercourse along internal/external and stable/unstable dimensions.
Assesses the consistency of female orgasm during partnered sexual activities and overall satisfaction with orgasm frequency and quality.
A multidimensional self-report scale designed to assess and quantify the psychological experience of orgasm across sensory and cognitive-affective…
Measures the consistency of female orgasm during partnered sexual activities and overall satisfaction with orgasm frequency and quality.
Measures the permissive sexual influences of parents and peers on adolescents and young adults.
Measures the level of premarital sexual permissiveness that an individual accepts.
Measures the permissive sexual influences of parents and peers on adolescents and young adults.
Measures individuals' attitudes regarding the acceptability of premarital sexual intercourse at different stages of relationship development.
Measures the level of premarital sexual permissiveness that an individual accepts.
Measures motivations for sexual intimacy across three dimensions: need for sex, need for affiliation, and need for dominance.
Measures attitudes about the acceptability of premarital sexual intercourse at different levels of relational development.
Measures motivations for sexual intimacy across three dimensions: need for sex, need for affiliation, and need for dominance.
Measures attitudes that are hostile to rape victims, including false beliefs about rape and rapists.
Measures attitudes that are hostile to rape victims, including false beliefs about rape and rapists.
Measures community attitudes, knowledge, and expectations regarding treatment and reporting of sexual assault.
Assesses community attitudes, knowledge, and expectations regarding sexual assault treatment, reporting, and judicial involvement.
A self-report questionnaire designed to assess eight distinct psychological approaches to sexual relationships.
A self-report questionnaire designed to assess eight separate approaches to sexual relations.
Measures communal and exchange approaches to sexual relationships.
Measures the degree of dissatisfaction in the sexual component of a dyadic relationship.
Measures the degree of dissatisfaction in the sexual component of a dyadic relationship.
Assesses sexual and relationship satisfaction alongside the balance, expectations, and equality of sexual rewards and costs within a…
Assesses sexual and relationship satisfaction based on the components of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction.
A multi-dimensional self-report measure of sexual satisfaction designed to be independent of gender, sexual orientation, and relationship status.