Beáta Bőthe, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy, Shane W. Kraus et al.
Background and aims: Despite its inclusion in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, there is a virtual paucity of high-quality scientific evidence about compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), especially in underrepresented and underserved populations. Therefore, we ...
Chih‐Ting Lee, Chung‐Ying Lin, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy et al.
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is an instrument to screen substance-use-related health risks. However, little is known whether the ASSIST could be further shortened while remaining psychometrically sound across different countries, languages, gender identities...
Karol Lewczuk, Przemysław Marcowski, Magdalena Wizła, Mateusz Gola et al.
OBJECTIVE: We analyzed adult ADHD symptoms in a cross-cultural context, including investigating the occurrence and potential correlates of adult ADHD and psychometric examination of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Screener. METHOD: =12.57). RESULTS: The ASRS Screener demonstrated good reliab...
Zsolt Horváth, Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós, Shane W. Kraus et al.
INTRODUCTION: Despite being a widely used screening questionnaire, there is no consensus on the most appropriate measurement model for the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Furthermore, there have been limited studies on its measurement invariance across cross-cultural subgroups, ge...
Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy, Shane W. Kraus, Zsolt Demetrovics et al.
= 12.37), enabled us to thoroughly evaluate the dimensionality, validity, and reliability of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS), leading to the development of the more concise PUMS-8 short scale. Additionally, language-, nationality-, gender-, and sexual-orientation-based measurement invar...
Gonzalo R. Quintana, Fernando P. Ponce, Javier Escudero‐Pastén, J. Francisco Santibáñez-Palma et al.
BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are among the most prevalent mental health issues experienced worldwide. However, whereas cross-cultural studies utilize psychometrically valid and reliable scales, fewer can meaningfully compare these conditions across different groups. To address this gap, the cur...
Chung‐Ying Lin, Meng‐Che Tsai, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy et al.
The three-item Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3) has been frequently used to assess distress related to sexuality in public health surveys and research on sexual wellbeing. However, its psychometric properties and measurement invariance across cultural, gender and sexual subgroups have not yet been exam...
Beáta Bőthe, István Tóth‐Király, Nevena Popova, Léna Nagy et al.
Background and aims: The Moral Incongruence Model of Pornography Use proposes that pornography-use-related problems may be present due to problematic pornography use (PPU) and/or moral disapproval (MD) of pornography use. Despite some supporting empirical evidence, no study has tested the presence o...
Rafael Ballester‐Arnal, Marcel Elipe‐Miravet, Jesús Castro‐Calvo, Patricia Beltrán-Martínez et al.
Abstract Introduction The Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX) is a brief questionnaire that evaluates five major aspects of sexual function: sex drive, arousal, erectile function/vaginal lubrication, ability to reach orgasm, and satisfaction with orgasm. An advantage of the ASEX is its simplicit...
Loïs Fournier, Beáta Bőthe, Zsolt Demetrovics, Mónika Koós et al.
The UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Model and the various psychometric instruments developed and validated based on this model are well established in clinical and research settings. However, evidence regarding the psychometric validity, reliability, and equivalence across multiple countries of residence,...
Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós, Shane W. Kraus, Zsolt Demetrovics et al.
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...
Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling, Irina Vartanova, Brent Simpson et al.
Every social situation that people encounter in their daily lives comes with a set of unwritten rules about what behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate. These everyday norms can vary across societies: some societies may have more permissive norms in general or for certain behaviors, or ...
Jesús Castro‐Calvo, Patricia Beltrán-Martínez, Rafael Ballester‐Arnal, Léna Nagy et al.
Sexual desire is a complex construct with important implications for sexual functioning and well-being. In this research, we translated the Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI-2), a widely used scale for assessing sexual (desire), into 25 languages from English and used data from the International Sex Surv...
Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan, Hagit Feder, Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós et al.
Background and aims: Despite a growing body of research on pornography use among women, there is a lack of understanding of the problematic versus non-problematic nature. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between women's motivations for pornography use and sexual wellbeing usin...
Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan, Zohar Spivak‐Lavi, Shane W. Kraus, Léna Nagy et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Binge Eating Disorder Screener-7 (BEDS-7) across 42 countries and 26 languages, assessing its reliability and validity as a screening tool for binge-eating disorder (BED) in diverse cultural contexts. Specifically, it sought...
Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy, Shane W. Kraus et al.
OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the P4 suicide screener in a multinational sample. The primary goal was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale and investigate its convergent validity by analyzing its correlation with depression, anxiety, and subst...
Joshua B. Grubbs, István Tóth‐Király, Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós et al.
Léna Nagy, Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan, Marie‐Pier Vaillancourt‐Morel, Sophie Bergeron et al.
Objectives: A growing body of research indicate that experiencing sexual victimization may be linked to lower levels of sexual assertiveness, yet significant gaps remain in understanding how this association varies across the life stages in which one is victimized, gender identities, and cultural co...