The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function

By R. Rosen, Candace S. Brown, J. R. Heiman, S. Leiblum, Cindy M. Meston, Ridwan Shabsigh. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2000

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Rheumatology

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The role of self-objectification in women's sexual functioning. (2008, methodology): “82 and higher (Rosen et al., 2000).”
Differences in Automatic Thoughts Presented During Sexual Activity Between Sexually Functional and Dysfunctional Men and Women (2008, background): “Moreover, additional studies addressing the relationship between automatic thoughts, emotions and sexual response (Nobre 2003; Nobre and Pinto-Gouveia, in press), as well as the way they are linked to core cognitive factors such as schemas (Nobre 2003; Nobre and Pinto-Gouveia 2007) and sexual belief”
The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (2017, methodology): “Scores on PSxFBP domains correlate well with the Female Sexual Function Index (Rosen et al., 2000), a lengthier established measure of sexual functioning for women, and test–retest coefficients are greater than .65 for all domains.”
Epidemiology/risk factors of sexual dysfunction. (2004, methodology): “One way of classification of severity of sexual desires has been the use of well validated indices, an example for men, the IIEF [3] and for women, the FSFI [ 4 ].”
Intimate Justice: A Critical Analysis of Sexual Satisfaction (2010, background): “…on patients’ sexual satisfaction ratings to indicate recovery trajectories in medical settings and to guide diagnoses of sexual dysfunction and treatment, including when to pharmaceutically and ⁄or surgically intervene (Dennerstein, Koochaki, & Barton, 2006; Rosen et al., 2000; Tunuguntla, 2006).”
The Role of Self-Objectification in Disordered Eating, Depressed Mood, and Sexual Functioning Among Women (2011, methodology): “Rosen et al. (2000) reported the full index to have high test–retest reliability over 2–4 weeks (r ¼ .88) and internal consistency (a ¼ .97) in a general sample.”
Sexual Dysfunctional Beliefs Questionnaire: An instrument to assess sexual dysfunctional beliefs as vulnerability factors to sexual problems (2003, methodology): “Lookingat the female sample, theFSFI total scorepresentedhighnegative correlations with: sexual conservatism (r= 7 0.35, p5 0.01), sex as a sin (r= 7 0.32, p5 0.01), age related beliefs (r= 7 0.33, p5 0.01) and body image beliefs (r= 7 0.24, p5 0.01).”
Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity: Changes in Sexual Behavior during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (2020, methodology): “Lastly, a modified version of the sexual desire subscale of the Female Sexual Function Index was administered (Rosen et al., 2000); one question asked about sexual desire for one’s partner in the last two weeks, and the other about overall level of sexual desire in the last two weeks.”
Can less be more?: Comparing duration vs. frequency of sexual encounters in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships (2014, background): “For example, two scales designed to assess overall sexual functioning or dysfunction, the Female Sexual Functioning Index (Rosen et al., 2000) and the International Index of Erectile Functioning (Rosen et al.”
Epidemiology and outcome assessment of pelvic organ prolapse (2013, methodology): “& Sexual function is best reported utilising validated condition-specific HRQOL that assess sexual function or validated sexual function questionnaires such as the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ) or the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).”