Ratings of Affective Sexual Arousal

Instructions:aThis scale consists of a number of words that describe different emotions or feelings. Please indicate the extent to which each word describes the way you felt during the preceding experiences. Record your answers by indicating the appropriate number on the five-point scale on the attached answer sheet. Presented below is the scale for indicating the degree to which each word describes the way you feel.

1………………….2………………….3………………….4………………….5

Very slightly……..Slightly Moderately…...Considerably……….Very Strongly

In deciding on your answer to a given item or word, consider the feeling connoted or defined by that word. Then, if during the experience you felt that way very slightly or not at all, you would darken the blank under the number 1 on the scale; if you felt that way to a moderate degree, you would darken the blank under 3; if you felt that way very strongly, you would darken the circle under 5, and so forth.

Remember, you are requested to make your responses on the basis of the say you felt during the experience. Work at a good pace. It is not necessary to ponder; the first answer you decide on for a given word is probably the most valid. It should not take more than a few minutes to complete the scale.

Items:

    1. Sexually aroused
    2. Sensuous
    3. Turned-on
    4. Sexually hot
    5. Sexually excited