Sexual Attitude Scale: Development, Validation and Reliability

Abstract

India, as a country, has been famous for its progressive sex literature and art in the western media, whereas the present scenario is quite different. However, in 2007, India witnessed an apparent increase in the cases of HIV infections which were few thousand in number during the early 1990s to about 5.1 million, which has slightly changed India’s attitude towards sex and its preventive measures and has displayed an increasing need of sex education. The current study was undertaken by acknowledging these shifts in the country and the attitude of the youth, for which an attempt to develop a psychometric measure that caters to Indian people and its dynamic qualities was made. Dimensions including the source of information and advocacy were chosen, recognizing the integration of media in the life of people. The following study was undertaken to develop a psychometric tool, prove its validity and reliability by applying the measure and detecting the sexual attitude of the Indian youth and provide a rationale to further the cause of sex awareness in India.