ABSTRACT
The evaluation and alteration of self-efficacy expectations is important in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of psychosexual problems. The Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale for females (SSES-F) is a measure of perceived competence in the behavioral, cognitive, and affective dimensions of female sexual response. Researchers studying womens’ perceived sexual self-efficacy, using the SSES-F, have focused on sexual adjustment (Reissing, Laliberte, & Davis, 2005), the effect of first sexual encounters on later sexual self-efficacy (Reissing, Andruff, & Wentland, 2012), body image (Yamamiya, Cash, & Thompson, 2006), perceived objectification by a partner (Ramsey & Hoyt, 2015), marital satisfaction (Oluwole, 2008), and the treatment of genital pain (Sutton, Pukall, & Chamberlain, 2009). Dunkley, Gorzalka, and Brotto (2016) found that poorer sexual self-efficacy was evident in women with eating disorders, calling for attention to sexual concerns as part of treatment for these individuals.
