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Where do you stand?
Online Aging & Sexuality Attitudes Inventory

What are you're attitudes towards aging and sexuality? Are they healthy? And how do they compare to others? Take the following informal and quick test to find out. Just mark whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, or strongly disagree with each of the following eleven statements. Then click on submit to find out what your results are!

		Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Strongly Disagree
1.	I expect to have an active sex life when I'm 70 years old.
2.	Young people are better at sex than older people.
3.	It's hard for me to picture older adults having sex.
4.	Older people can have a lot of good ideas.
5.	I believe that by living healthfully, I can slow my own aging process.

		Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Strongly Disagree
6.	I can see some advantages in being old.
7.	It is better to die young than to become old.
8.	Being around old people makes me uncomfortable.
9.	Growing old is a natural part of life.
10.	I enjoy being around old people.
11.	The thought of becoming old or older distresses me.


This Online Aging and Sexuality Attitudes Inventory was adapted in a modified form from an exercise in Byer, C., Shainberg, L., & Galliano, G. (1999). Dimensions of Human Sexuality. Boston: McGraw-Hill College.