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ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2026

Validation of the Multidimensional Sexual Communication Questionnaires: A Framework for Assessing Content and Process Domains.

Kendra S Wasson, Beáta Bőthe, Natalie O Rosen, Sophie Bergeron, Uzma S Rehman

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Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kendra S WassonDepartment of Psychology, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. kwasson@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-8882-4682
Beáta BőtheDépartement de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2718-4703
Natalie O RosenDepartments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4525-0770
Sophie BergeronDépartement de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8601-761X
Uzma S RehmanDepartment of Psychology, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0261-5338

Funding

Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies https://doi.org/10.69777/343918Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 435-2022-0405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing measures of sexual communication often overlook its multidimensional nature. This study aimed to develop and validate a multidimensional framework for assessing sexual communication through the development and validation of two measures: the Multidimensional Sexual Communication Questionnaire-Sexual Preferences (MSC-SP) and the Multidimensional Sexual Communication Questionnaire-Safer Sex Communication (MSC-SS). Items were generated based on existing literature and validated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses across two online samples (N = 684). Both the MSC-SP and MSC-SS demonstrated strong psychometric properties, including high internal consistency, evidence of convergent and divergent validity, and measurement invariance across multiple identity groups. These findings support the MSC framework as a reliable and adaptable approach for capturing the complexity of sexual communication, specifically, the dynamic interplay between content (what is communicated) and process (how it is communicated).

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CommunicationSexual BehaviorAdolescentAdultFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultIntimate relationshipsSafer sexSexual communicationSexual preferencesSexual self-disclosure

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