Answers should be given for life-time use rather than just recent use i.e., have you ever… | Not like me at all | Most like me | |||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1. | I find it difficult to pass over an opportunity for casual or illicit sex | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
2. | Others have expressed repeated serious concern over my sexual behavior | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
3. | I pride myself on the speed with which I can get to have sex with someone and find that sex with a complete stranger is stimulating | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
4. | I would take an opportunity to have sex despite having just had it with somebody else | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
5. | I find making a sexual conquest causes me to lose interest in that partner and leads me to begin looking for another | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
6. | I tend to ensure that I have sex of one kind or another rather than wait for my regular partner to be available again after an illness or absence | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
7. | I have had repeated affairs even though I had a regular relationship | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
8. | I have had three or more regular sexual partners at the same time | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
9. | I have had voluntary sex with someone that I dislike | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
10. | I tend to change partners if sex becomes repetitive | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ | ❑ |
Source: From How to Identify Addictive Behaviour by R. Lefever, 1988, London, UK: PROMIS Publishing. [This is the source reference for the PROMIS questionnaire, from which the items for the sex subscale were taken.]. Copyright by PROMIS Clinics. Reprinted with kind permission from R. Lefever (personal communication, March 14, 2017).
Instruction wording used in the current study, and not from the SPQ.