Sexual Mentalization Ability (questionnaire development)

Sexual Mentalization Ability (questionnaire development) - SexMent

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00030275

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2022-11-10

Start date

2022-11-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

core components of healthy adult sexuality

Interventions

Group 1: Respondents will be asked to complete the following (parts of) questionnaires online: Sexual Mentalization Ability (SexMent), Emotional Empathic Drive Short Scale (EED), the dimensions self-

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 69 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: mixed sexes, 18-69 years, fluent in German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no sufficient German skills

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
First target criterion is the sexual mentalization scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
For the following validation target criteria are empathy (Emotional Empathic Drive Short Scale, EED), self- and other-related mentalization (mentalization scale, MentS), affective mentalization ability (EBQ), sexual awareness (multidimensional sexuality questionnaire, MSQ) as well as sexual self-disclosure towards parents (part of the Sexual Selfdisclosure Scale).	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLynn Gärtner

UKE; Institut für Sexualforschung, Sexualmedizin und Forensische Psychiatrie

l.gaertner@uke.de040741054190

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026