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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Spanish Version of the Sex Fantasy Questionnaire: Assessing Gender Differences

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Pages 137-159 | Published online: 22 May 2009
 

The objective of this study was to validate the factor structure of Wilson's Sex Fantasy Questionnaire (SFQ; CitationWilson, 1978; CitationWilson & Lang, 1981) using a Spanish version. In order to do this, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis on two nonclinical samples containing 195 men and 315 women. Both groups were tested for the structure proposed by Wilson and also for some alternative models. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that four factors were reasonably distinct, especially for the men. We proposed shortened version of the instrument that would have sufficient psychometric guarantees for assessing sexual fantasies in both genders. This abridged version improved the fit of the four-factor oblique factor equally for both the samples of men and women. In the light of the results of the validation hypothesis established with some criterion variables (dyadic sexual desire, unconventional sex, homophobia), we discuss discrepancies between both versions.

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a Minimum pairwise N of cases = 190.

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a Minimum pairwise N of cases = 304.

*p < .05

**p < .01

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*p < .05

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