The short version of the Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3): measurement invariance across countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations

• Chung-Ying Lin ^[1] ; Meng-Che Tsai ^[1] ; Mónika Koós ^[2] ; Léna Nagy ^[2] ; Shane W. Kraus ^[44] ; Zsolt Demetrovics ^[2] ; Marc N. Potenza ^[3] ; Rafael Ballester-Arnal ^[4] ; Dominik Batthyány ^[45] ; Sophie Bergeron ^[5] ; Joël Billieux ^[6] ; Peer Briken ^[46] ; Georgina Cárdenas-López ^[7] ; Joana Carvalho ^[8] ; Jesús Castro-Calvo ^[9] ; Lijun Chen ^[10] ; Giacomo Ciocca ^[11] ; Ornella Corazza ^[12] ; Rita I. Csako ^[13] ; David P. Fernandez ^[14] ; Elaine F. Fernandez ^[15] ; Hironobu Fujiwara ^[16] ; Johannes Fuss ^[17] ; Roman Gabrhelík ^[18] ; Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan ^[19] ; Biljana Gjoneska ^[20] ; Mateusz Gola ^[47] ; Joshua B. Grubbs ^[21] ; Hashim T. Hashim ^[22] ; Md. Saiful Islam ^[23] ; Mustafa Ismail ^[22] ; Martha Jiménez-Martínez ^[24] ; Tanja Jurin ^[25] ; Ondrej Kalina ^[48] ; Verena Klein ^[26] ; András Költő ^[49] ; Sang-Kyu Lee ^[27] ; Karol Lewczuk ^[50] ; Christine Lochner ^[28] ; Silvia López-Alvarado ^[29] ; Kateřina Lukavská ^[18] ; Percy Mayta-Tristán ^[30] ; Ion Milea ^[31] ; Dan J. Miller ^[32] ; Oľga Orosová ^[48] ; Gábor Orosz ^[51] ; Fernando P. Ponce ^[33] ; Gonzalo R. Quintana ^[34] ; Gabriel C. Quintero Garzola ^[52] ; Jano Ramos-Diaz ^[35] ; Kévin Rigaud ^[51] ; Ann Rousseau ^[36] ; Marco De Tubino Scanavino ^[37] ; Marion K. Schulmeyer ^[38] ; Pratap Sharan ^[53] ; Mami Shibata ^[16] ; Sheikh Shoib ^[39] ; Vera Sigre-Leirós ^[6] ; Luke Sniewski ^[13] ; Ognen Spasovski ^[54] ; Vesta Steibliene ^[40] ; Dan J. Stein ^[41] ; Julian Strizek ^[55] ; Aleksandar Štulhofer ^[25] ; Berk C. Ünsal ^[2] ; Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel ^[42] ; Marie Claire Van Hout ^[43] ; Beáta Bőthe ^[5]
  1. [1] National Cheng Kung University

     National Cheng Kung University

     Taiwán

     
  2. [2] Eötvös Loránd University

     Eötvös Loránd University

     Hungría

     
  3. [3] Yale University

     Yale University

     Town of New Haven, Estados Unidos

     
  4. [4] Universitat Jaume I

     Universitat Jaume I

     Castellón, España

     
  5. [5] University of Montreal

     University of Montreal

     Canadá

     
  6. [6] University of Lausanne

     University of Lausanne

     Lausana, Suiza

     
  7. [7] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
  8. [8] Universidade de Aveiro

     Universidade de Aveiro

     Vera Cruz, Portugal

     
  9. [9] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
  10. [10] Fuzhou University

      Fuzhou University

      China

      
  11. [11] Università de Roma La Sapienza

      Università de Roma La Sapienza

      Roma Capitale, Italia

      
  12. [12] University of Hertfordshire

      University of Hertfordshire

      Welwyn Hatfield, Reino Unido

      
  13. [13] Auckland University of Technology

      Auckland University of Technology

      Nueva Zelanda

      
  14. [14] Nottingham Trent University

      Nottingham Trent University

      Reino Unido

      
  15. [15] HELP University

      HELP University

      Malasia

      
  16. [16] Kyoto University

      Kyoto University

      Kamigyō-ku, Japón

      
  17. [17] University of Duisburg-Essen

      University of Duisburg-Essen

      Kreisfreie Stadt Essen, Alemania

      
  18. [18] Charles University in Prague

      Charles University in Prague

      Chequia

      
  19. [19] University of Haifa

      University of Haifa

      Israel

      
  20. [20] Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

      Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

      Macedonia

      
  21. [21] University of New Mexico

      University of New Mexico

      Estados Unidos

      
  22. [22] University of Baghdad

      University of Baghdad

      Irak

      
  23. [23] Jahangirnagar University

      Jahangirnagar University

      DCC (Kotwali), Bangladés

      
  24. [24] Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

      Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

      Colombia

      
  25. [25] University of Zagreb

      University of Zagreb

      Croacia

      
  26. [26] University of Southampton

      University of Southampton

      GB.ENG.M4.24UJ, Reino Unido

      
  27. [27] Hallym University

      Hallym University

      Corea del Sur

      
  28. [28] Stellenbosch University

      Stellenbosch University

      Stellenbosch, Sudáfrica

      
  29. [29] Universidad de Cuenca

      Universidad de Cuenca

      Cuenca, Ecuador

      
  30. [30] Universidad Científica del Sur

      Universidad Científica del Sur

      Perú

      
  31. [31] Babeș-Bolyai University

      Babeș-Bolyai University

      Rumanía

      
  32. [32] James Cook University

      James Cook University

      Australia

      
  33. [33] Universidad de Talca

      Universidad de Talca

      Provincia de Talca, Chile

      
  34. [34] Universidad de Tarapacá

      Universidad de Tarapacá

      Arica, Chile

      
  35. [35] Universidad Privada del Norte

      Universidad Privada del Norte

      Provincia de Trujillo, Perú

      
  36. [36] KU Leuven

      KU Leuven

      Arrondissement Leuven, Bélgica

      
  37. [37] Universidade de São Paulo

      Universidade de São Paulo

      Brasil

      
  38. [38] Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

      Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

      Bolivia

      
  39. [39] Sharda University

      Sharda University

      IN.36.141.7279602, India

      
  40. [40] Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

      Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

      Lituania

      
  41. [41] University of Cape Town

      University of Cape Town

      City of Cape Town, Sudáfrica

      
  42. [42] Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

      Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

      CA.10.04.37067, Canadá

      
  43. [43] Liverpool John Moores University

      Liverpool John Moores University

      Reino Unido

      
  44. [44] University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  45. [45] Institute for Behavioural Addictions, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
  46. [46] University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
  47. [47] Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
  48. [48] Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
  49. [49] University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
  50. [50] Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland
  51. [51] Universidad de Artois, Arras, Francia
  52. [52] Florida State University, Panama
  53. [53] All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  54. [54] University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Trnava, Slovakia
  55. [55] Austrian Public Health Institute, Vienna, Austria

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• Localización: International journal of clinical and health psychology, ISSN 1697-2600, Vol. 24, Nº. 2, 2024, págs. 201-210
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100461
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  • Background The three-item Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3) has been frequently used to assess distress related to sexuality in public health surveys and research on sexual wellbeing. However, its psychometric properties and measurement invariance across cultural, gender and sexual subgroups have not yet been examined. This multinational study aimed to validate the SDS-3 and test its psychometric properties, including measurement invariance across language, country, gender identity, and sexual orientation groups.

    Methods We used global survey data from 82,243 individuals (Mean age=32.39 years; 40.3 % men, 57.0 % women, 2.8 % non-binary, and 0.6 % other genders) participating in the International Sexual Survey (ISS; https://internationalsexsurvey.org/) across 42 countries and 26 languages. Participants completed the SDS-3, as well as questions regarding sociodemographic characteristics, including gender identity and sexual orientation.

    Results Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported a unidimensional factor structure for the SDS-3, and multi-group CFA (MGCFA) suggested that this factor structure was invariant across countries, languages, gender identities, and sexual orientations. Cronbach's α for the unidimensional score was 0.83 (range between 0.76 and 0.89), and McDonald's ω was 0.84 (range between 0.76 and 0.90). Participants who did not experience sexual problems had significantly lower SDS-3 total scores (M = 2.99; SD=2.54) compared to those who reported sexual problems (M = 5.60; SD=3.00), with a large effect size (Cohen's d = 1.01 [95 % CI=-1.03, -0.98]; p < 0.001).

    Conclusion The SDS-3 has a unidimensional factor structure and appears to be valid and reliable for measuring sexual distress among individuals from different countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations.

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