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a. wouldn’t bother me
b. would make me nervous*
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a. is O.K. if everyone agrees
b. can break up families*
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a. is a very stressful experience*
b. causes me no problem at all
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a. would arouse me
b. would terrify me*
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a. I get to know him or her
b. I feel nervous*
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a. I was looking forward to having sex
b. the thought of sex scared me*
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a. I feel scared at first*
b. I thoroughly enjoy it
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a. I feel aroused
b. I feel jittery*
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a. causes me to worry*
b. can be a useful substitute
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a. can cause as much anxiety as pleasure*
b. on the whole is good and enjoyable
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a. about initiating sexual relations*
b. about nothing‚ when it comes to members of the opposite sex
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a. I don’t know what to do*
b. I flirt back
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a. would scare me to death*
b. might be interesting
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a. I would probably get caught*
b. I wouldn’t feel bad about it
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a. feel too nervous to tell a dirty joke in mixed company*
b. tell a dirty joke if it were funny
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a. make me feel uncomfortable*
b. often make me laugh
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a. I feel pleasant and relaxed
b. I feel tense*
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a. I worry about what I should do*
b. I do something to satisfy them
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a. it would be nobody’s business but my own
b. I would worry about my spouse’s finding out*
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a. is better than no sex at all
b. can hurt many people*
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a. is sometimes necessary
b. can damage one’s career*
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a. leave me feeling tense
b. are welcomed
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a. I feel satisfied
b. I worry about being discovered*
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a. I feel nervous*
b. I sometimes get excited
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a. I would worry about his or her reaction*
b. I would enjoy it
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* sexual anxiety
Janda‚ L. H.‚ & O’Grady‚ E. E. (1980). Development of a sex anxiety inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology‚ 48‚ 169-175.
Additional material pertaining to this scale‚ including information about format‚ scoring‚ reliability‚ and validity is available in Fisher‚ Davis‚ Yarber‚ and Davis (2010).
Fisher‚ T. D.‚ Davis‚ C. M.‚ Yarber‚ W. L.‚ & Davis‚ S. L. (2010). Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures. New York:Routledge.