Sexual Satisfaction among Lebanese Adults: Scale Validation in Arabic and Correlates Following Two Cross-Sectional Studies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Procedures
2.2. Participants
2.3. Minimal Sample Size
2.4. Instruments
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Description of the Sample
3.2. Exploratory Factor Analysis (Sample 1)
3.2.1. Factor Analysis
3.2.2. Factor Structure Congruence and Composite Reliability
3.3. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Sample 2)
Composite Reliability
3.4. Gender Invariance (Sample 2)
3.5. Convergent and Construct Validity (Sample 2)
3.6. Bivariate Analysis (Sample 2)
3.7. Multivariable Analysis (Sample 2)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Study 1 | Study 2 |
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EFA | CFA | |
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Item | ||
Factor 1: Positive aspect of sexual satisfaction (positively-worded items) | ||
2. “Sex is a source of pleasure for me” | 0.94 | 0.82 |
4. “I feel sexually attractive” | 0.98 | 0.77 |
6. “I do not have any problems in my sexual life” | 0.69 | 0.41 |
7. “I like thinking about my sexual life” | 0.81 | 0.88 |
10. “I find my sexual life fulfilling” | 0.69 | 0.38 |
Factor 2: Negative aspect of sexual satisfaction (negatively-worded items) * | ||
1. “I am disconcerted with a part of my sexual life” | 0.86 | 0.73 |
3. “Thinking about sex generates negative emotions” | 0.80 | 0.59 |
5. “I find myself a poor sexual partner” | 0.97 | 0.81 |
8. “My sexual life frustrates me” | 0.86 | 0.82 |
9. “I am afraid I do not satisfy my sexual partner” | 0.81 | 0.81 |
Model | χ2 | df | CFI | RMSEA | SRMR | Model Comparison | Δχ2 | Δdf | p | ΔCFI | ΔRMSEA | ΔSRMR |
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Configural | 200.54 | 66 | 0.919 | 0.076 | 0.085 | |||||||
Metric | 214.44 | 74 | 0.916 | 0.073 | 0.087 | Configural vs. metric | 13.9 | 8 | 0.084 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.002 |
Scalar | 218.27 | 82 | 0.918 | 0.068 | 0.087 | Metric vs. scalar | 3.83 | 8 | 0.872 | 0.002 | 0.005 | <0.001 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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1. Sexual satisfaction | 1 | ||||||||||
2. Cigarette dependence | −0.03 | 1 | |||||||||
3. Waterpipe dependence | −0.22 *** | 0.03 | 1 | ||||||||
4. Alcohol use disorder | −0.11 * | 0.31 *** | 0.08 | 1 | |||||||
5. Psychological distress | −0.17 ** | −0.01 | 0.18 ** | 0.02 | 1 | ||||||
6. Emotional intelligence | 0.31 *** | −0.10 | −0.08 | −0.10 | −0.07 | 1 | |||||
7. Age | 0.12 * | 0.27 *** | 0.08 | 0.10 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 1 | ||||
8. Body Mass index | 0.01 | 0.18 *** | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.26 *** | 1 | |||
9. Household crowding index | −0.03 | −0.03 | −0.09 | −0.04 | −0.03 | 0.002 | −0.15 ** | −0.002 | 1 | ||
10. Physical activity index | 0.20 *** | 0.07 | −0.10 | 0.05 | −0.07 | 0.01 | −0.08 | 0.01 | −0.06 | 1 | |
11. Financial burden | −0.05 | 0.11 * | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.30 *** | −0.04 | 0.10 | 0.11 * | 0.10 | −0.002 | 1 |
Variable | Unstandardized Beta | Standardized Beta | p | 95% CI |
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Waterpipe dependence | −0.09 | −0.17 | 0.001 | −0.14; −0.04 |
Alcohol use disorder | −0.10 | −0.09 | 0.078 | −0.20; 0.01 |
Psychological distress | −0.06 | −0.09 | 0.059 | −0.12; 0.002 |
Emotional intelligence | 0.15 | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.10; 0.20 |
Physical activity | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.001 | 0.02; 0.05 |
Marital status (married vs. single *) | 1.36 | 0.11 | 0.072 | −0.12; 2.83 |
Education level (university vs. secondary or less *) | 1.15 | 0.07 | 0.158 | −0.45; 2.75 |
Age | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.096 | −0.01; 0.15 |
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Abboud, C.; Fawaz, M.; Hallit, R.; Obeid, S.; Malaeb, D.; Hallit, S. Sexual Satisfaction among Lebanese Adults: Scale Validation in Arabic and Correlates Following Two Cross-Sectional Studies. Healthcare 2023, 11, 3068. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11233068
Abboud C, Fawaz M, Hallit R, Obeid S, Malaeb D, Hallit S. Sexual Satisfaction among Lebanese Adults: Scale Validation in Arabic and Correlates Following Two Cross-Sectional Studies. Healthcare. 2023; 11(23):3068. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11233068
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbboud, Cedric, Mirna Fawaz, Rabih Hallit, Sahar Obeid, Diana Malaeb, and Souheil Hallit. 2023. "Sexual Satisfaction among Lebanese Adults: Scale Validation in Arabic and Correlates Following Two Cross-Sectional Studies" Healthcare 11, no. 23: 3068. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11233068