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Validation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Italian Version of the Bergen–Yale Sex Addiction Scale by Paolo Soraci; Francesco M. Melchiori; Elena Del Fante; Roberto Melchiori; Eleonora Guaitoli; Fulvia Lagattolla; Grazia Parente; Enrico Bonanno; Laura Norbiato; Roberta Cimaglia; Lorenzo Campedelli; Francesco Antonio Abbiati; Ambra Ferrari; Mark D. Griffiths is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Excessive problematic sexual behavior in the form of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), hypersexuality (HS), and sex addiction has gained increasing credibility in recent years and has led to the development of various psychometric instruments to assess such behavior. However, there is still considerable controversy over the operational definition of such concepts and whether they can be used interchangeably to describe the behavior. One recently developed tool is the Bergen–Yale Sex Addiction Scale (BYSAS) based on the “components model of addiction.” The present study validated the Italian version of the BYSAS. The BYSAS was administered to a large Italian-speaking sample of Italian adults [__N__ = 1230, aged 18 to 67 years] along with psychometric instruments assessing the “Big Five” personality traits, self-esteem, depression, and two other measures of addictive sexual behavior (i.e., PATHOS and Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire–Sex Subscale). Confirmatory factorial analysis supported a one-factor solution. Furthermore, the scale had good internal consistency (Cronbach’s __α__ = 0.787). The BYSAS was positively associated with extroversion, openness to experience, depressio

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Author

Paolo Soraci; Francesco M. Melchiori; Elena Del Fante; Roberto Melchiori; Eleonora Guaitoli; Fulvia Lagattolla; Grazia Parente; Enrico Bonanno; Laura Norbiato; Roberta Cimaglia; Lorenzo Campedelli; Francesco Antonio Abbiati; Ambra Ferrari; Mark D. Griffiths

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)