| Buying a pornographic book | wouldn't bother me would make me nervous |
| Extramarital sex | is O.K. if everyone agrees can break up families |
| Initiating sexual relationships | is a very stressful experience
causes me no poblem at all |
| Oral sex | would arouse me would terrify me |
| When I meet someone I'm attracted to... | I get to know him or her I feel nervous |
| When I was younger... | I was looking forward to
having sex the thought of sex scared me |
| When I engage in petting... | I feel scared at first I thoroughly enjoy it |
| After having sexual thoughts... | I feel aroused I feel jittery |
| Masturbation | causes me to worry can be a useful substitute |
| Sex... | can cause as much anxiety as
pleasure on the whole is good and enjoyable |
| I feel nervous... | about initiating sexual
relations about nothing, when it comes to members of the opposite sex |
| When others flirt with me... | I don't know what to do I flirt back |
| Group sex... | would scare me to death might be interesting |
| If in the future I committed adultery... | I would probably get caught I wouldn't feel bad about it |
| I would... | feel too nervous to tell a
dirty joke in mixed company tell a dirty joke if it were funny |
| Dirty jokes... | make me feel uncomfortable often make me laugh |
| When I awake from sex dreams... | I feel pleasant and relaxed I feel tense |
| When I have sexual desires | I worry about what I should do
I do something to satisfy them |
| If in the future I committed adultery | it would be nobody's business
but my own I would worry about my spouse's finding out |
| Casual sex... | is better than no sex at all
can hurt many people |
| Extramarital sex... | is sometimes necessary can damage one's career |
| Sexual advances... | leave me feeling tense are welcomed |
| When I have sexual relations... | I feel satisfied I worry about being discovered |
| When talking about sex in mixed company | I feel nervous I sometimes get excited |
| If I were to flit with someone | I would worry about his or her
reaction I would enjoy it |
Reference: Janda, L. H., & O'Grady, E. E. (1980). Development of a sex anxiety inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 169-175.
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