1Department of Psychology, K.E. College, Mannanam, Koltayam, Kerala, India
2Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Govt. Mental Health Centre, Thrissur, Kerala, India jainjosephp@yahoo.co.uk
Online published on 10 January, 2012.
The present study was aimed at the construction and standardteation of a Sexual Preference and Behaviour Scale (SPBS). The preliminary form of the scale was consisted of 156 items belongs to 3 broad areas from 19 specific sub areas of human sexual Behaviour. The preliminary scale was administered to a sample of 405 subjects representing various categories of general population. Based on item analysis 119 items were selected for the final form of scale. Reliability and validity of the final form of the scale were tested on a separate sample of 100 and 32 subjects respectively. The overall reliability was found to be. 79. The subscales were also found to have high reliability. It ranged from. 65 to. 83. The construct validity of the scale (N=32) was found to be 82.
sex knowledge, sexual preference, sexual attitude and sexual behaviour
