Abstract

SARAMAGO, Mariana Amaral; CARDOSO, Jorge; PIMENTA, Filipa  and  LEAL, Isabel. Wilson's sex fantasy questionnaire: Portuguese validation and gender differences. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2017, vol.18, n.3, pp.870-879. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/17psd180319.

The main purpose of this study was to validate a Portuguese version of the Wilson's Sex Fantasy Questionnaire. Afterwards, we assess the fantasies' frequency based on gender differences. A community sample of 1220 Portuguese men and women completed the questionnaire with 40 items. Factor exploratory and confirmatory analysis, as well as comparative statistics for independent samples, were applied with the IBM SPSS Statistics and AMOS software (both v. 22.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, Il., USA). The final structure with 24 items distributed amongst four factors showed overall good psychometric properties (in terms of factorial validity, reliability and sensitivity) and questionable convergent and discriminant validity. The independent samples t-test showed gender differences regarding sexual fantasies frequency. This research provides a validated version of the Portuguese Wilson's Sex Fantasy Questionnaire. It also shows some common and disparate gender differences compared to other research. Further studies are need in order to confirm this structure amongst other samples (e.g., clinical and forensic).

Keywords : gender differences; sexual fantasies; validation; wilson sex fantasy questionnaire.

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