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Asexuality Identification Scale (AIS) Distinguishes Asexuality from HSDD!


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New research utilizing the Asexuality Identification Scale (AIS) – a tool developed to measure lack of sexual attraction – is producing interesting results, not the least of which is the tool's effectiveness at distinguishing asexuality from HSDD, including lifelong HSDD. From the article:

"As an exploratory analysis, we also compared the lifelong HSDD (n=14) and AIS>40 (n=193) groups in order to explore whether those with a lifelong pattern of never desiring sex may overlap more with the AIS >40 group than the entire group of HSDD individuals, which mostly included those with an acquired desire disorder. To explore this, we were specifically interested in four variables: AIS scores, sexual desire, sex-related distress, and overall sexual behavior. We found that those with lifelong HSDD had significantly lower AIS scores and significantly more sex-related distress; however, the groups did not differ on total sexual behaviors or on sexual desire. These findings illustrate potentially more overlap between lifelong HSDD and asexuality given that the groups could not be differentiated on the basis of behavior or desire."

"Our findings also lend support for the use of the AIS in categorizing individuals as asexual and support the clinical cutoffs determined in psychometric analyses. AIS scores significantly differentiated the groups, and even the lifelong HSDD from AIS >40 groups (the latter two arguably having the most overlap), and thus, future researchers may consider implementing this measure in asexuality research."

Lori A. Brotto, Morag A. Yule, and Boris B. Gorzalka. “Asexuality: An Extreme Variant of Sexual Desire Disorder?.” The Journal of Sexual Medicine 12, no. 3 (2015): 646-660.
http://med-fom-brotto.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/03/Brotto-Yule-Gorzalka-2015-Asexuality-An-extreme-variant-of-sexual-desire-disorder-.pdf

Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto, and Boris B. Gorzalka. “A Validated Measure of No Sexual Attraction: The Asexuality Identification Scale.” Psychological Assessment 27, no. 1 (2015): 148-160.
http://med-fom-brotto.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/03/Yule-Brotto-Gorzalka-2015-A-validated-measure-of-no-sexual-attraction-The-Asexuality-Identification-Scale-1.pdf

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