Sexual Attitude Scale for Elderly People: A Reliability and Validity Study in Turkey

Abstract

Introduction:The purposes of this study were to translate the Sexual Attitude Scale for Elderly People into Turkish and determine its psychometric characteristics. Materials and Method:A total of 127 people aged between 60 and 86 years participated in this study.Participants completed Turkish versions of the Sexual Attitude Scale for Elderly People, Aging Sexuality Knowledge and Attitudes Scale, and Socio-demographic Information Form.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were then conducted to investigate the construct validity.In addition, the relationship between the total score of the Sexual Attitude Scale for Elderly People and attitude sub-dimension of the Aging Sexuality Knowledge and Attitudes Scale was examined for concurrent validity.Finally, discriminant validity was assessed by investigating the effect of gender and active sex-life on the total score.Results: Similar to the original structure, both the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 4-factor solution: volunteerism, significance, closeness, and communication.There was a significant relationship between the total score of the Sexual Attitude Scale for Elderly People and attitude sub-dimension of the Aging Sexuality Knowledge and Attitudes Scale.Further, a series of independent sample t-tests indicated significant differences in terms of gender and active sex-life.The Cronbach alpha coefficients were .95for the total score and between .86 and .90 for the sub-dimensions. Conclusion:The findings of this study indicated that the scale can be used as a reliable and valid measure in Turkey.

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