caa a22 4500 606232400 CHVBK 20210128101226.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0397-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0397-9 The Psychometric Structure of Items Assessing Autogynephilia [Elektronische Daten] [Kevin Hsu, A. Rosenthal, J. Bailey] Autogynephilia, or paraphilic sexual arousal in a man to the thought or image of himself as a woman, manifests in a variety of different behaviors and fantasies. We examined the psychometric structure of 22 items assessing five known types of autogynephilia by subjecting them to exploratory factor analysis in a sample of 149 autogynephilic men. Results of oblique factor analyses supported the ability to distinguish five group factors with suitable items. Results of hierarchical factor analyses suggest that the five group factors were strongly underlain by a general factor of autogynephilia. Because the general factor accounted for a much greater amount of the total variance of the 22 items than did the group factors, the types of autogynephilia that a man has seem less important than the degree to which he has autogynephilia. However, the five types of autogynephilia remain conceptually useful because meaningful distinctions were found among them, including differential rates of endorsement and differential ability to predict other relevant variables like gender dysphoria. Factor-derived scales and subscales demonstrated good internal consistency reliabilities, and validity, with large differences found between autogynephilic men and heterosexual male controls. Future research should attempt to replicate our findings, which were mostly exploratory. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Autogynephilia nationallicence Erotic target location error nationallicence Paraphilia nationallicence Gender dysphoria nationallicence Transvestic fetishism nationallicence Hsu Kevin Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut Rosenthal A. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut Bailey J. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/5(2015-07-01), 1301-1312 0004-0002 44:5<1301 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0397-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0397-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsu Kevin Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosenthal A. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bailey J. Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Road, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/5(2015-07-01), 1301-1312 0004-0002 44:5<1301 2015 44 10508