Factor and Subfactor Items within the YSEX? [1]

Physical Reasons Factor
Item	Item Description
Stress Reduction subfactor
1.	I was frustrated and needed relief.
2.	I wanted to release anxiety/stress.
3.	I wanted to release tension.
4.	I was bored.
5	It seemed like good exercise.
6.	I thought it would relax me.
7.	I’m addicted to sex.
8.	It would allow me to “get sex out of my system” so that I could focus on other things.
9.	I am a sex addict.
10.	I thought it would make me feel healthy.
11.	I hadn’t had sex for a while.
12.	I wanted to satisfy a compulsion.
Pleasure subfactor
13.	It feels good.
14.	I wanted to experience the physical pleasure.
15.	I was “horny.”
16.	It’s fun.
17.	I wanted the pure pleasure.
18.	I wanted to achieve an orgasm.
19.	It’s exciting, adventurous.
20.	I was “in the heat of the moment.”
Physical Desirability subfactor
21.	The person had an attractive face.
22.	The person had a desirable body.
23.	The person had beautiful eyes.
24.	The person smelled nice.
25.	The person’s physical appearance turned me on.
26.	I saw the person naked and could not resist.
27.	The person was a good dancer.
28.	The person was too physically attractive to resist.
29.	The person wore revealing clothes.
30	The person was too “hot” (sexy) to resist.
Experience Seeking subfactor
31.	I was curious about sex.
32.	I was curious about my sexual abilities.
33.	I wanted the experience.
34.	I wanted to experiment with new experiences.
35.	I wanted to see what all the fuss is about.
36.	I wanted to see what it would be like to have sex with another person.
37.	I wanted the adventure/excitement.
38.	I wanted to improve my sexual skills.
39.	I was curious about what the person was like in bed.
40.	I wanted to lose my inhibitions.
41.	I wanted to get the most out of life.
42.	I wanted to try out new sexual techniques or positions.
43.	The opportunity presented itself.
44.	I wanted to act out a fantasy.
45.	I wanted to see whether sex with a different partner would feel different or better.
Goal Attainment Factor
Item	Item Description
Resources subfactor
46.	I wanted to get a raise.
47.	I wanted to punish myself.
48.	I wanted to get a job.
49.	I wanted to hurt/humiliate the person.
50.	I wanted to get a promotion.
51.	I wanted to give someone else a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., herpes, AIDS).
52.	Someone offered me money to do it.
53.	I wanted to feel closer to God.
54.	I wanted to make money.
55.	I wanted to have a child.
56.	I wanted to reproduce.
57.	It was an initiation rite to a club or organization.
58.	The person offered me drugs for doing it.
59.	I wanted to end the relationship.
60.	I wanted to be used or degraded.
Social Status subfactor
61.	I wanted to be popular.
62.	I wanted to enhance my reputation.
63.	I wanted to have more sex than my friends.
64.	I was competing with someone else to “get the person.”
65.	It would damage my reputation if I said “no.”
66.	The person was famous and I wanted to be able to say I had sex with him/her.
67.	I thought it would boost my social status.
68.	My friends pressured me into it.
69.	It was a favor to someone.
70.	Someone dared me.
71.	I wanted to impress friends.
Revenge subfactor
72.	I wanted to get back at my partner for having cheated on me.
73.	I was mad at my partner so I had sex with someone else.
74.	I wanted to get even with someone.
75.	I wanted to even the score with a cheating partner.
76.	I wanted to make someone else jealous.
77.	I wanted to break up rival’s relationship by having sex with his/her partner.
78.	I was on the “rebound” from another relationship.
79.*	I wanted to make someone else jealous.
80.	I wanted to breakup another’s relationship.
81.	I wanted to hurt an enemy.
Utilitarian subfactor
82.	I wanted to get out of doing something.
83.	I wanted to burn calories.
84.	I wanted to keep warm.
85.	The person had taken me out for an expensive dinner.
86.	I wanted to get rid of a headache.
87.	I wanted to change the topic of conversation.
88.	I thought it would help me to fall asleep.
89.	I wanted to become more focused on work—sexual thoughts are distracting.
90.	I wanted to get a favor from someone.
91.	I wanted to defy my parents.
Emotional Factor
Item	Item Description
Love and Commitment subfactor
92.	I wanted to feel connected to the person.
93.	I wanted to increase the emotional bond by having sex.
94.	I wanted to communicate at a “deeper” level.
95.	I wanted to express my love for the person.
96.	I wanted to show my affection to the person.
97.	I wanted to intensify my relationship.
98.	I desired emotional closeness (i.e., intimacy).
99.	I wanted to become one with another person.
100.†	It seemed like the natural next step in my relationship.
101.	I realized I was in love.
102.†	It seemed like the natural next step in the relationship.
103.	I wanted to get a partner to express love.
104.	I wanted the person to feel good about himself/herself.
Expression subfactor
105.	I wanted to welcome someone home.
106.	I wanted to say “I’m sorry.”
107.	I wanted to say “thank you.”
108.	I wanted to say “goodbye.”
109.	I wanted to celebrate a birthday or anniversary or special occasion.
110.	I wanted to say “I’ve missed you.”
111.	I wanted to lift my partner’s spirits.
Insecurity Factor
Item	Item Description
Self-Esteem Boost subfactor
112.	I wanted to feel powerful.
113.	I wanted to make myself feel better about myself.
114.	I wanted to boost my self-esteem.
115.	I wanted to feel attractive.
116.	I wanted my partner to notice me.
117.	I wanted the attention.
118.	I wanted to “gain control” of the person.
119.	I wanted to manipulate him/her into doing something for me.
120.	I felt insecure.
Duty/Pressure subfactor
121.	I didn’t know how to say “no.”
122.	I was pressured into doing it.
123.	I felt obligated to.
124.	I was verbally coerced into it.
125.	I felt like it was my duty.
126.	I wanted him/her to stop bugging me about sex.
127.	My partner kept insisting.
128.	I felt like I owed it to the person.
129.	I was physically forced to.
130.	It was expected of me.
131.	I felt guilty.
132.	I didn’t want to disappoint the person.
133.	I wanted to be nice.
Mate Guarding subfactor
134.	I wanted to keep my partner from straying.
135.	I wanted to get my partner to stay with me.
136.	I wanted to decrease my partner’s desire to have sex with someone else.
137.	I wanted to prevent a breakup.
138.	I was afraid my partner would have an affair if I didn’t have sex with him/her.
139.	I wanted to ensure the relationship was “committed.”
140.	I didn’t want to “lose” the person.
141.	I wanted the person to love me.
142.	I thought it would help “trap” a new partner.

Respondents indicate on a 5-point Likert scale the proportion that each of the items reflects their total sexual experiences. Scale anchors are (1) None of my sexual experiences, (2) A few of my sexual experiences, (3) Some of my sexual experiences, (4) Many of my sexual experiences, (5) All of my sexual experiences. Subfactor scores are computed by adding the scores of the individual items that comprise the subfactor. Factor scores are computed by adding the scores of the items that comprise each of the subfactors under that specific factor.

^*Because this item was erroneously included twice in the original YSEX? Questionnaire, one of these redundant items was removed from the current 140-item version of the YSEX?

^†Because this item was erroneously included twice in the original YSEX? Questionnaire, one of these redundant items was removed from the current 140-item version of the YSEX?