The Sexual Self-Concept Inventory (SSCI) is a meausure of an individual's view of him-or herself as a sexual person developed to assess this construct in an ethnically diverse sample of urban early adolescent girls.
Developed by:
Lucia F. O' Sullivan (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg (New York Psychiatric Institute), Ian W. McKeague (Columbia University)
Measure domains:
Sexual Arousability
Sexual Agency
Negative Sexual Affect
Sexual Agency
Negative Sexual Affect
Items and subscales:
34 items
3 subscales
3 subscales
Cronbach's alpha:
Sexual Arousability: .91
Sexual Agency: .76
Negative Sexual Affect: .67
Sexual Agency: .76
Negative Sexual Affect: .67
Study population(s):
Ethnically diverse, urban, adolescent girls ages 12-14
Measure validated?:
Y
Citation of original article
Get citationO'Sullivan, L.F., Meyer-Bahlburg,H.F.L.,& McKeague, I.W.,(2006). The Development of the Sexual Self-Concept Inventory for Early Adolescent Girls. Psychology of Women, 30(2), 139-149 doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2006.00277.x