Sexual Assertiveness Across Cultures, Genders, and Sexual Orientations: Validation of the Short Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire (SAQ-9)

作者：Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós, Shane W. Kraus, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N. Potenza, Rafael Ballester‐Arnal, Dominik Batthyány, Sophie Bergeron, Joël Billieux, Peer Briken, Julius Burkauskas, Georgina Cárdenas‐López, Joana Carvalho, Jesús Castro‐Calvo, Lijun Chen, Ji‐Kang Chen, Giacomo Ciocca, Ornella Corazza, Rita I. Csákó, David P. Fernandez, Hironobu Fujiwara, Elaine F. Fernandez, Johannes Fuß, Roman Gabrhelík, Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan, Biljana Gjoneska, Mateusz Gola, Joshua B. Grubbs, Hashim Talib Hashim, Md. Saiful Islam, Mustafa Ismail, Martha C. Jiménez‐Martínez, Tanja Jurin, Ondrej Kalina, Verena Klein, András Költő, Sangkyu Lee, Karol Lewczuk, Chung‐Ying Lin, Christine Löchner, Silvia López‐Alvarado, Kateřina Lukavská, Percy Mayta‐Tristán, D.J. Miller, Oľga Orosová, Gábor Orosz, Fernando P. Ponce, Gonzalo R. Quintana, Gabriel C. Quintero Garzola, Jano Ramos‐Diaz, Kévin Rigaud, Ann Rousseau, Marco de Tubino Scanavino, Marion K. Schulmeyer, Pratap Sharan, Mami Shibata, Sheikh Shoib, Vera Sigre‐Leirós, Luke Sniewski, Ognen Spasovski, Vesta Steiblienė, Dan J. Stein, Julian Strizek, Aleksandar Štulhofer, Berk C. Ünsal, Marie‐Pier Vaillancourt‐Morel, Marie Claire Van Hout, Beáta Bőthe · 发表于：Assessment · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1177/10731911241312757 · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health、LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy、Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Sexual assertiveness (SA) is an important concept in understanding sexual well-being and decision-making. However, psychometric evaluation of existing measures of SA in diverse populations is largely lacking, hindering cross-cultural and comparative studies. This study validated the short version of the Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire (SAQ-9) and examined its measurement invariance across several languages, countries, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship statuses among 65,448 sexually-active adults ( M age = 32.98 years, SD = 12.08, 58% women, 2.74% gender-diverse individuals) taking part in the International Sex Survey. The scale demonstrated adequate psychometric properties. Measurement invariance tests indicated that the SAQ-9 is suitable for comparing individuals from different cultures, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship statuses, and significant group differences were also noted (e.g., gender-diverse individuals reported the highest levels of SA). Findings suggest that the SAQ-9 is a reliable and valid measure of SA and appropriate for use in diverse populations, with specific populations exhibiting varying levels of SA.