Table 3.

Results of the item-total correlation and the reliability (Cronbach's alpha) for the reduced version as well as for the initial 22-item

		CECA22*	CECA10	CECA6	CECA4
N° of items		22	10	6	4
Scoring distribution
Valid observations		132	133	134	134
Mean		44.9	44.6	38.8	53.4
SD		17.5	22.3	23.9	29.3
Percentile 50		43.7	40	37.5	53.1
% scoring 0		0	0	5	3 (2.2%)
% scoring 100		0	1	2	8 (5.9%)
Correlation item-global scoring		0.21–0.72	0.53–0.73	0.65–0.79	0.78–0.89
Reliability (Cronbach's alpha)		0.87	0.86	0.84	0.86
Results of Rasch analysis	Person separation	2.28	2.21	1.87	1.79
	Person reliability	0.84	0.83	0.78	0.76

CECA 22: initial 22-item questionnaire

CECA 10: 10-item questionnaire

CECA 6: emotional dimension in the 10-items questionnaire

CECA 4: sexual activity dimension in the 4-item questionnaire