The HCTS, developed by Hendrick and Hendrick, is a comprehensive scale that has been widely used as a tool to measure attitudes towards different aspects of sexuality, and in recent years, its validity has been further refined. Le Gall et al. used the scale in a French sample and found that the original four factor solution was not as stable as expected. Therefore, they proposed a new version with five factors and 22 items. Motivated by this study, Hendrick et al. reanalyzed the original scale and developed a shorter version with 23 items while retaining the four-factor structure. In this version, the four factors are permissiveness, birth control, communion, and instrumentality. Permissiveness and instrumentality refer to a self-centered sexual attitude, while the sharing and birth control subscales refer to a sexual attitude centered on one's sexual partner.
In recent years, its validity has become more competent. Le Gall et al. Le Gall et al. used the scale in a French sample and found that the original four factor solution was not stable as expected. Therefore, they proposed a new version with five factors and 22 items. Hendrick et al. With the motivation created by this study, Hendrick et al. reanalyzed the original scale and developed a short version with 23 items, while maintaining the four-factor structure.In this version, the four factors were permissiveness, birth control, communion and instrumentality. Le Gall et al. The extent to which the five-factor, 22-item version they developedrel characteristic of the genus and that it can be applied to populations in East Asia for this purpose. He et al. administered this version to unmarried Chinese young adults aged 18-40 via the internet. In this study, they developed an 18-item, five-factor version, and measured the They found a negative relationship with age at first sexual intercourse and a positive relationship with the number of current and past sexual partners. They found similar validity and reliability findings to the study conducted by Le Gall et al. in the French population and argued that the online screening method could be valid. They also stated that further qualitative research may be needed to examine whether items representing culture-specific beliefs and attitudes about sexuality should be added to the HCBS.The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the 23-item version of the HCAS developed by Hendrick et al. The aim of this study was to conduct a Turkish validity and reliability study of the 23-item version of the HCAS developed by Hendrick et al. and to examine the sexual attitude domains according to demographic characteristics.
Hendrick et al. explained the development process of the scale and defined affirmativeness as indiscriminate sexuality, birth control as responsible and tolerantrational sexuality, sharing as an idealistic sexuality, and evaluating as a means as biological and utilitarian sexuality. Accordingly, affirmation and instrumental evaluation are considered as self-centered factors, whereas sharing and contraception are considered as sexual partner-centered factors.
In this study, the validity and reliability analyses of the HCTS and the four-factor structure of the scale obtained by Hendrick et al.'s four-factor structure of the scale.Firstly, as a result of the second level CFA, the scale has four factors: affirmation, birth control, sharing and evaluation as a tool.It was determined that the original structure was confirmed (the Turkish form of the scale retained its original form on the sample of this study).Internal consistency coefficients of the sub-dimensions were found to be above acceptable limits.The fact that acceptable fit marker values and Cronbach's alpha coefficients were reached in all participants and in cross-validation groups of 40-60% was considered as evidence for the consistency of the calculated values. As a result of the item analyses of the scale, it was observed that the total correlations of all items were adequate and the items were discriminative in the groups with high and low levels of sexual attitudes.
Approvalism (Casual sexuality)
1.I don't have to be attached to someone to have sex with them.
2.Casual sex is an acceptable event.
3.I enjoy having sex with many partners.
4.One-night stands can sometimes be a lot of fun.
5.It is normal to have sex with more than one person at a given time.
6.If both partners are on the same page, we can see sex as a sharing of pleasures.
7.The best sex is sex without rules.
8.Life would be easier if people could have sex more freely.
9.It is possible to have sex with someone you don't like very much and enjoy it.
10.It is possible for sex to be just good physical relaxation.
Contraception (responsible and tolerant sex)
11.Birth control is part of responsible sexuality.
12.A woman should share the responsibility for birth control.
13.A man should share the responsibility for birth control.
Sharing (Idealistic sexuality)
14.Sex is the closest form of communication between two people.
15.Sex between two people who love each other very much is the highest level of human interaction.
16.If sex is of a good quality, it is like the union of two souls.
17.Sex is a very important part of life.
18.Sex is often an intense and overwhelming experience.
Evaluation as a Tool (Biological and utilitarian sexuality)
19.The best sex is sex where you focus on your own pleasure.
20.Sex is primarily about getting pleasure from another person.
21.The main purpose of sex is to get pleasure.
22.Sex is primarily a physical thing.
23.Sex is primarily a bodily function, like eating.