Development and Validation of Female Psychosexual Problems Scale (FPPS)
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https://doi.org/10.52053/jpap.v4i4.221Keywords:
Married Females, Psychosexual Problems, Sexual Health, Sexuality ScaleAbstract
The goal of the current study was to address married women's psychosexual difficulties in the context of Pakistani culture. Semi structured interviews were conducted on 35 married females as part of the study's initial phase in order to explore phenomenology, and 34 items were created as a result. Furthermore, 34 items were initially provided to experts for the evaluation of content validity. Repetitive statements were discarded after evaluation, and a scale of 32 items was kept and approved by professionals related to psychology field. 160 married female participants were given the final 32 item scale for data collection. Factor analysis revealed a strong KMO value, and Bartlett's test of sphericity revealed a substantial connection between the items. Kaiser's criteria were used to conduct a one factor analysis and only factors with Eigen values of .4 or higher were kept, while factors with Eigen values lower than .4 were removed from the sample. Three key themes found were problems with relationships, personal suffering, and religious concerns by component analysis. Data from sample of 50 married females underwent Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to verify the variables identified through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), which overall demonstrated a strong construct validity of the scale and model fit. The constructed scale's Cronbach alpha value of .97 indicates a significant inter-item correlation. The research demonstrates information on a wide range of interventions.
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