The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): Cross-Validation and Development of Clinical Cutoff Scores

The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a brief, multidimensional scale for assessing sexual function in women. The scale has received initial psychometric evaluation, including studies of reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity (Meston, 2003 Meston, C. M. 2003. Validation of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) in women with female orgasmic disorder and in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 29: 39–46. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Rosen et al., 2000 Rosen, R. C., Brown, C., Heiman, J., Leiblum, S., Meston, C. M., Shabsigh, R., Ferguson, D. and D'Agostino, R. 2000. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI):…