A Psychometric Analysis of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory

Abstract

Because of the association that researchers have recently delineated between compulsive sexual behavior and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and drug abuse, it is paramount that a psychometrically sound measure of compulsive sexual behavior is made available to all healthcare professionals working in disease prevention and other areas. This article reports the findings from a psychometric analysis of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI) in a sample of 482 racially and ethnically diverse men and women. The current study provides further evidence for the score reliability and the score validity of the CSBI in this sample. Construct-related validity was assessed using the multi-trait multi-method approach. These analyses extend previous findings for the psychometric properties of the CSBI in a more diversified sample.

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This research was funded in part by contracts H700938 and H700939 from the Office of AIDS Programs and Policy, County of Los Angeles, CA. Further support was provided by contract 28569 from the Department of Health and Human Services, City of Long Beach, CA. Support for Dr. Napper was provided by fellowship F32DA022902 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The authors would also like to thank Amanda Latimore for paving the way for this work through her previous psychometric assessment of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test.

The original 28-item version was developed with a small sample and included an additional factor related to sexual abuse (Coleman et al., 2001). Miner and colleagues (2007) eliminated this third factor and validated the remaining two factor structure using confirmatory factor analysis in a large sample of Latino men.

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Dennis G. Fisher

This research was funded in part by contracts H700938 and H700939 from the Office of AIDS Programs and Policy, County of Los Angeles, CA. Further support was provided by contract 28569 from the Department of Health and Human Services, City of Long Beach, CA. Support for Dr. Napper was provided by fellowship F32DA022902 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The authors would also like to thank Amanda Latimore for paving the way for this work through her previous psychometric assessment of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test.