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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2009 Feb;32(1):71–85. doi: 10.1002/nur.20297

Table 2.

Sexual Pressure Scale for Women-Revised: Principal Components Analysis with Varimax Rotation for Study 1 (N = 325)

Variablea Factor
Show Trust Women’s Sex Role Men Expect Sex Sex Coercion
I do not ask my partner to use a condom because he may think I had sex with someone .84 .15 .14 .07
He will think I caught something from someone .81 .18 .20 .17
He may think I do NOT trust him .81 .21 .18 .12
I’m afraid he might say NO .63 .06 .08 .34
After we been doing it raw, I can’t start asking .57 .19 .15 .20
If my partner wants sex, it’s my responsibility .17 .73 .17 .01
It’s a woman’s responsibility to satisfy her man .02 .72 .07 .05
A woman needs to please her man sexually .18 .70 .20 .02
Sex with my partner shows him that I am the best .14 .67 −.04 .17
There are plenty of women who are willing to have sex with him. .26 .55 .34 .06
My partner makes me feel that I should try new ways to have sex −.03 .21 .69 .04
My partner makes me feel he will cheat if he gets tired of having sex with me .39 .15 .69 .16
My partner makes me feel like I owe him something and should have sex .37 .05 .66 .30
My partner would leave me if I did not have sex .30 .23 .63 .27
I have sex with my partner because I am afraid of losing the things he does for me .10 .03 .55 .38
My partner has physically hurt me after I told him I would not have sex .15 .09 .19 .86
My partner has threatened to hurt me after .27 .05 .18 .81
My partner has yelled or cursed at me after .24 .15 .30 .69
Percent of explained variance 18.89 14.38 14.18 13.62
Eigenvalue 6.62 1.89 1.44 1.04
Alpha reliability coefficient .85 .76 .78 .83
Mean 7.64 12.12 9.22 3.71
SD 4.59 5.12 4.72 1.87

Note. Cronbach’s Alpha for the SPS-R was .88.

a

The items as shown are not complete.