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SSAS — Sexual Symptom Assessment Scale

SSAS — Sexual Symptom Assessment Scale

Douglas Braun-Harvey designed the SSAS to help clients track their urges related to sexual compulsive behavior and to help them distinguish the difference between thoughts, urges, and actions. It’s very important for the client to understand this. Braun-Harvey suggests that clients in treatment for out-of-control-sexual behavior review and track this weekly to notice how they are changing in how they perceive thoughts and urges related to problematic sexual behavior.

SSAS Sexual Symptom Assessment Scale

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The following questionnaire is aimed at evaluating problematic sexual behaviors DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS. Please read the questions carefully before you answer.

1. If you had urges to engage in problematic sexual behaviors, on average, how strong were your urges?(Required)
2. How many times did you experience urges to engage in problematic sexual behaviors?(Required)
3. How many hours (add up hours) were you preoccupied with your urges to engage in problematic sexual behaviors?(Required)
4. How much were you able to control your urges?(Required)
5. How often did thoughts about engaging in problematic sexual behaviors come up?(Required)
6. Approximately how many hours (add up hours) did you spend thinking about engaging in problematic sexual behaviors?(Required)
7. How much were you able to control your thoughts of problematic sexual behaviors?(Required)
8. Approximately how much total time did you spend engaging in problematic sexual behaviors?(Required)
9. On average, how much anticipatory tension and/or excitement did you have shortly before you engaged in problematic sexual behaviors? If you did not actually engage in such behaviors, please estimate how much tension and/or excitement you believe you would have experienced if you had engaged in problematic sexual behaviors.(Required)
10.On average, how much excitement and pleasure did you feel when you engaged in problematic sexual behaviors? If you did not actually engage in such behaviors, please estimate how much excitement and pleasure you would have experienced, if you had.(Required)
11.How much emotional distress (mental pain or anguish, shame, guilt, embarrassment) has your problematic sexual behavior caused you?(Required)
12.How much personal trouble (relationship, financial, legal, job, medical or health) has your problematic sexual behavior caused you?(Required)
Review and uncheck if not applicable