An Analysis of the Factor Structure and Validity of the Attitudes Toward Erotica Questionnaire With a Sample of Counseling Professionals
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
Published online on August 11, 2016
Abstract
Researchers performed an exploratory factor analysis on the Attitudes Toward Erotica Questionnaire (ATEQ) and examined the construct and concurrent validity of the ATEQ data with a sample of practicing counselors and marriage and family therapists in the state of Florida (N = 373). The data analyses resulted in a two-factor, 10-item assessment (72.93% of the variance explained). The two factors of the ATEQ measured attitudes supporting the restriction of pornography and beliefs that pornography is exploitive.