Table 3 Factor loadings and eigenvalues of the identified four latent variables in the CSES-P (n = 400)

2

Even if a partner can talk about sex, I can’t tell a man how I really feel about sexual things.

0.591

5

If my partner didn’t talk about the sex that was happening between us, I couldn’t either.

0.614

6

When I think about what having sex means, I can’t have sex so easily.

0.521

12

It would be hard for me to go to the drugstore and ask for contraceptives without feeling embarrassed.

0.431

16

There are times when I should talk to my partner about using contraceptives; but, I can’t seem to do it in the situation.

0.581

17

Sometimes I end up having sex with my partner because I can’t find a way to stop it.

0.448

1

When I am with a partner, I feel that I can always be responsible for what happens sexually with him.

0.570

13

If my partner and I were getting really heavy into sex and moving towards intercourse and I wasn’t protected I could easily ask him if he had a protection (or tell him that didn’t)

0.716

14

If my partner and I were getting really heavy into sex and moving towards intercourse I could tell him that I was on the pill or had an IUD (if I used them for birth control).

0.637

4

If my partner and I are getting “turned-on” sexually and I don’t really want to have sexual intercourse (go-all-the-way, get-down), I can easily tell him “No” and mean it.

0.580

7

If my partner and I are getting “turned-on” sexually and I don’t really want to have sexual intercourse (go-all-the-way, get-down), I can easily stop things so that we don’t have intercourse.

0.561

15

If my partner and I were getting really heavy into sex and moving towards intercourse I could stop things before intercourse, if I couldn’t bring up a subject of protection.

0.606

3

When I have sex, I can enjoy it as something that I really wanted to do.

0.654

8

There are times when I’d be so involved sexually or emotionally, that I could have sexual intercourse even if I weren’t protected (using a form of birth control)..

0.489

9

Sometimes I just go along with what my date wants to do sexually because I don’t think I can take the hassle of trying to say what I want.

0.549

10

If there were a man (partner) to whom I was very attracted physically and emotionally, I could feel comfortable telling him that I wanted to have sex with him

0.614

11

I couldn’t continue to use a birth control method if I thought my parents might find out.

0.574