Testing the Model of Structural Relationships Between Personality Traits and Dysfunctional Sexual Beliefs with Mediation of Body Self-Objectification in Menopause Women Cultural Background
Subject Areas : Psychology
Hanie Ojaghizadeh
1
(1. M. Sc., Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran)
Rahim Yousefi
2
(2. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran)
Keywords: Personality traits, Sexual dysfunction belief, Body objectification, Menopause,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present study was to test the model of structural relationships between personality traits and dysfunctional sexual beliefs with the mediation of body self-objectification in menopause women cultural background of Tabriz city. The statistical population of the research included all women referring to the sanitary centers of Tabriz city. The sample encompassed 250 women from the mentioned population who were selected by convenient sampling procedure. The research method was descriptive of correlation type. To collect data McCree's Five-factor Personality Questionnaire (1985), Sexual Dysfunctional Beliefs Questionnaire of Neuber et al. (2003) and Body Objectification Scale of McKinley and Hyde's (1996) were implemented. Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equations were applied for data analysis using SPSS and Amos software. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between personality traits, body self-objectification and dysfunctional sexual beliefs. The results also indicated that personality traits had direct and indirect effect through the mediation of self-objectification on dysfunctional sexual beliefs of menopausal women, and the model showed a proper goodness of fit too. Finally, cultural differences were influencial on menopausal experience and its syndrome and symptom interpretation.
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