ABSTRACT
Sexual body image worry is an important sexual health concern affecting people from all gender spectrums; however, available measures of this construct assume the existence of certain body parts, which is often problematic for transgender people. The T-Worries scale is a unique measure of sexual body image worries specifically tailored to the trans population, which is not available elsewhere. This construct may be associated with sexual behaviors and health in the trans population, as sexual body image is known to be related to sexual avoidance, lower self-assertiveness during sex, and lower condom negotiation self-efficacy among cisgender persons. The Enjoyment of Sexualization Scale was developed with undergraduate women who were mostly heterosexual. The initial items were generated through a brainstorming process that was based on a review of the literature and informal conversations with young women about their feelings of enjoying sexualized attention, particularly from men.
