Coping Mechanisms with the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sex Life Measure

Abstract

The Coping Mechanisms with the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sex Life Measure (Berdychevsky, 2023) is an assessment designed to evaluate the coping strategies individuals employed to manage the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their sex lives. The development of this ad-hoc coping questionnaire involved a thorough literature review, incorporating relevant literature such as the comprehensive sexual motivations scale by Meston et al. (2020). Pretesting of the questionnaire led to paraphrasing and deletion of questions, followed by an expert analysis to ensure content validity. The measure comprises fifty-nine items, organized into nine distinct domains, including pleasure, communication, and goal-setting, all aimed at capturing the perceived usefulness of various coping mechanisms. Validation of the questionnaire was conducted using a sample of adults primarily from the United States and the United Kingdom. An exploratory factor analysis provided evidence supporting the nine-factor structure, with some correlations observed between these factors. Internal consistency results were also reported.

Keywords

Caution and Logistical; Coping Strategies; COVID-19 Pandemic; Creativity and Innovation; Diversion; Educational; Goal-Setting; Online and Technology; Relational; Risk and Experimentation; Sex Life; Sexual Coping; Substances and Context-Related; Coping Behavior; Creativity; Drug Usage; Goal Setting; Pandemics; Psychosexual Behavior; Sex; Sexual Risk Taking; Strategies; Stress and Coping Measures; Cybersex; Sex and Gender Measures; COVID-19; Close Relationships

Authors

Berdychevsky, Liza

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Purpose

This measure was developed to assess the coping strategies that individuals utilized to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related prevention measures on their sex lives.

Validity

No validity indicated.

Reliability

Internal Consistency: The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the measure ranged from 0.86 (Educational strategies) to 0.96 (Risk and experimentation strategies/Relational strategies).

Factor Analysis

Exploratory Factor Analysis: An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted using oblique rotation. This analysis identified nine factors extracted from the 59 items, collectively accounting for 74.9% of the total variance.

Instrument: Coping Mechanisms with the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sex Life Measure

Test Type: Original
Instrument Type: Inventory/Questionnaire
Construct: Coping Mechanisms; COVID-19 Impact; Sex Life
Format: Participants were asked whether they experienced each coping strategy during the pandemic, which was assessed using 59 nominal, dichotomous (yes/no) variables. They were then requested to rate the degree of usefulness of that strategy on a 5-point Likert scale, where 1 represented “extremely useless” and 5 represented “extremely useful”.
Language Available: English
Population Group: Human; Male; Female
Age Group: Adulthood (18 years & older); Young Adulthood (18-29 years); Thirties (30-39 years); Middle Age (40-64 years); Aged (65 years & older)
Population Details:

• Location: United States; United Kingdom

• Respondents: Adults aged 18 to 75 years

• Sexual Orientations Reported: Heterosexual; Bisexual; Gay/Lesbian
  Test Methodology: Test Reliability; Internal Consistency; Factor Analysis; Exploratory Factor Analysis
  Number of Items: This is a 59-item measure.
  Factors and Subscales:

• Goal-setting

• Risk and experimentation

• Relational

• Caution and logistical

• Creativity and innovation

• Substances and context-related

• Online and technology

• Diversion

• Educational

Keywords

Caution and Logistical; Coping Strategies; COVID-19 Pandemic; Creativity and Innovation; Diversion; Educational; Goal-Setting; Online and Technology; Relational; Risk and Experimentation; Sex Life; Sexual Coping; Substances and Context-Related

Authors

Author: Berdychevsky, Liza
Author ORCID Identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-4979
Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Email addresses: [email protected]
Correspondence Address: Berdychevsky, Liza: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, 219 Huff Hall, 1206 South Fourth St., Champaign, Illinois, United States, 61820, [email protected]

Permissions & Fee and Test Year

Permissions: Contact Corresponding Author
Commercial: No
Fee: No
Test Year: 2023

References

Berdychevsky, L. (2023). (Un)forgotten sex lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: Coping strategies that work and the role of experience. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52(8), 3343–3363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02630-6

Items of the Coping Mechanisms with the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sex Life Measure

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