Predicting sexual satisfaction of married women with marital conflict based on emotional regulation with resilience mediation
Subject Areas : Psychology of couples
1 - Ph.D. in Health psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author), Email: sadeghiansahar516@gmail.com, tell: 09122835339
Keywords: Emotion Regulation, Marital Conflict, Resilience, Sexual Satisfaction,
Abstract :
Abstract Introduction: Sexual satisfaction has positive consequences for married life and strengthening the foundation of the family and marital conflicts can lead to sexual dissatisfaction. The purpose of this study was to predict the sexual satisfaction of married women with marital conflict based on emotional regulation with the mediation of resilience. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the present study included all married women with marital conflict who had referred to the clinics and counseling centers of Roudehen city in 2021. Among them, 250 people were selected by non-random and available sampling method. The main data for this research were obtained using the Sanaie's marital conflicts questionnaire Hudson et al.'s Index of sexual satisfaction, Garnefski & Kraaij's cognitive emotion regulation, Connor & Davidson's resilience. The obtained data were analyzed through correlation test and structural equation modeling. Findings: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between emotion regulation and resilience with sexual satisfaction (p<0.01). The results showed the confirmation of the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between emotional regulation and marital satisfaction in married women with marital conflict (p<0.01). Also, the modified model had a favorable fit. Conclusion: Based on the findings, resilience and emotion regulation variables can play an important role in sexual satisfaction and the need to pay attention to these important variables in counseling programs for women with marital conflict should be considered.
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