1. helps one feel eased and relaxed.*

2. Sex relations before any significant commitments are good‚ in my opinion.*

3. Unusual sex practices don’t interest me.

4. When I have sexual dreams I try to forget them.

5. ‘‘Dirty’’ jokes in mixed company are in bad .

6. When I have sexual desires I enjoy them like all healthy human beings.*

7. Unusual sex practices are dangerous to one’s and mental condition.

8. Sex relations before any significant commitments help people adjust.*

9. Sex relations before any significant commitments should not be recommended.

10. Unusual sex practices are all right if both partners agree.*

* Indicates reverse scoring

When I have sexual desires I try to repress them.

When I have sexual desires they are quite strong.

1=Strongly disagree‚ 2=Disagree‚ 3= Somewhat disagree‚ 4=Neither agree nor disagree‚ 5=Somewhat agree‚ 6= Agree‚ 7=Strongly agree

0 (not at all true) to 6 (extremely true for me)

This instrument can be found at: http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30067449/stefanou-theassociations-2014A.pdf & http://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=psychology_etds & http://tbr2.indstate.edu/bitstream/10484/5576/1/Ann%20E.%20Jones%20Aug%202014.pdf

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Asadzadeh Totonchi‚ Delaram. (2015). “Comparing Implicit and Explicit Measures of Sex Guilt in Predicting Sexual Behavior. Old Dominion University. ma‎ster of Arts thesis‚ Psychology Theses & Dissertations. Paper 16

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