Abstract
Two Guttman scales which measure premarital sexual attitudes were evaluated. The scales, which were administered to the same probability sample of college students, are the Intimacy Permissiveness Scale (IPS) developed by George R. Carpenter in conjunction with Harold T. Christensen; and the Premarital Sexual Permissiveness (PSP) scale provided by Ira L. Reiss. The reliability and the validity of the two scales were evaluated by means of Guttman scale analysis, factor analysis and construct validity procedures. The analysis indicates that the PSP scale meets the requirements of Guttman scaling on all the criteria established. The IPS metthe minimum .90 level for the coefficient of reproducibility, but was unacceptable on the other scale criteria. An acceptable, unidimensional four-item subscale was extracted from the ten-item IPS. Factor analysis revealed the IPS to be multidimensional; whereas the PSP scale was found to fit the conceptual framework which has been established for premarital sexuality. Validity checks revealed that a greater proportion of the variation on the dependent variable-premarital sexual permissiveness-was explained by selected independent variables when operationalized in terms of the PSP scale. This analysis is suggestive of future directions to be taken with regards to theory and research in the area of premarital sexuality.
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