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Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research

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Eleuteri, Stefano, Tripodi, Francesca, Petruccelli, Irene, Rossi, Roberta, Simonelli, Chiara·2014·Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
DOI 10.5817/cp2014-1-2
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An increasing number of people use the Internet for Online Sexual Activities (OSA). This sexual revolution has resulted in both positive and negative aspects, enriching sexual functioning but also providing other risks for criminal, negative and harmful sexual conducts, or Online Sexual Problems (OSP). A deeper understanding of Internet sexuality is therefore important for practitioners who work in the psychological and sexological fields. Current studies on Internet sexuality span a broad spectrum with respect to data collection: interviews, questionnaires, observations, content analyses and Internet log file recordings have all been used. The aim of this paper is to offer the most complete overview of these instruments focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of different tools currently available to assess different dimensions of OSA, and to suggest a simple screener for OSP. A systematic search of published online sexual activities inventories was performed using PsychInfo and Pubmed (1993 to July 2013). Although many of them are adequate for their own purposes, our review revealed a lack of standardized, internationally (culturally) accepted tools that are epidemiologically validated in general populations and that can be used to investigate OSA and to assess OSP. The definitions of OSA and OSP continue to change and basic tools are essential to have a broader idea of the phenomenon and of the challenges and possibilities emerging from the double link between the Internet and sexuality. More accurate instruments are also necessary to help advanced clinical diagnosis and treatment for OSP.

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  • The CPUI consists of five scales with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.84.

    “Table 2 shows that the CPUI consists of five scales with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.84.³⁶”

    From Cybersex addiction: An overview of the development and treatment of a newly emerging disorder (2020) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Results describe the CPUI as a 31-item inventory composed of three subscales, not five. They assign the .84 reliability coefficient to the five-item Online Sexual Behavior–Social scale and state that Cronbach’s alpha for the total inventory was not provided. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • High values on both the first 25 items and items 26-34 of the ISST indicate higher risk for sexual behavior on the internet.

    “the high value of the first 25 items paired with the high value of items 26-34 shows a higher risk for sexual behavior on the internet.³⁶”

    From Cybersex addiction: An overview of the development and treatment of a newly emerging disorder (2020) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Results section says higher ISST total scores correspond to higher risk, with scores above 19 classified as high risk. But it describes the ISST as a 25-item test; it does not support pairing those scores with values for items 26–34. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • The internal consistency of the overall ISST was high, ranging from α = 0.51-0.78 for each subscale.

    “The internal consistency of the overall ISST among the current research sample was high and ranged from α = 0.51-0.78 for each subscale.”

    From Cybersex addiction: An overview of the development and treatment of a newly emerging disorder (2020) · cites this paper as [36]

    The Results report ISST subscale alphas of .51, .61, .73, .78, and .86, so the stated range omits the .86 subscale. The paper calls the .51 and .61 values modest, provides no alpha for the total inventory, and does not report these values for the citing study’s current sample. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Reliability for the SAST-R Core scale is 0.86 and for SAST-R Internet is 0.79.

    “Reliability for the Core scale and SAST-R Internet are 0.86 and 0.79, respectively.³⁶”

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  1. Carnes, P. J., & Delmonico, D. L. (1996). Sexual Dependency Inventory-revised. Minneapolis, MN: Positive Living Press.

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Authors
Eleuteri, S., Tripodi, F., Petruccelli, I., Rossi, R., & Simonelli, C.
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Venue
Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
Publisher
Masaryk University Press
Published
2014-03-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
ISSN
1802-7962 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5817/cp2014-1-2
OpenAlex
W2330766192
Cited by
70
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2015: 3
FWCI
3.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
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  • Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sex work and related issues
Keywords
online sexual behavior, assessment instruments, questionnaire, scale, screening, sexual risk behavior, sexual revolution, measurement validity, diagnosis

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