comprative study of psychological wellbeing, controling and marital satisfaction among people with and without premarital sexual experience in Shiraz

Subject Areas : Educational

sajad roientan ¹ , shahdokht Azadi ² , karim rahideh ³ , nasr amini ⁴ , Seyed Mohammad Latif Jabbari Far ⁵

1 - Department of Psychology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Gachsaran Branch, Gach-saran. Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad, Iran.
3 - Department of Psychology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Islamic Azad University Bushehr Branch. Bushehr. Bushehr, Iran
5 - Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Iran.

Received: 2017-06-01 Accepted : 2019-12-28 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: marital satisfaction, psychological well-being, Sexual and Non-Sexual Persons, Self-Control,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to compare the psychological well-being, control, and marital satisfaction of those with and without prior marriage in Shiraz. This descriptive-comparative study was performed on all married women in Shiraz. From 18 to 42 years old, they had family records in Shiraz health centers and the sample included 160 women who were identified through Morgan and Krejcie charts, given that 90,000 families in Shiraz were covered by 4 health centers in Mani. (Martyr Mohsen Eftekhar, Martyr Soltani, Hossein bin Ali (AS), Imam Mahdi) 40 women with premarital sex and 40 women with no prior premarital sex (available) after match were selected and interviewed. Data were collected through questionnaires. Reef Psychological Well-being Questionnaire (1989) Enridge's Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (1989) and the Tanji Self-Concentration Scale (2004) were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis statistical methods. Psychological well-being, control, and marital satisfaction of those with and without premarital sex in the city There was a significant difference in Shiraz. Also, the mean of people having sex was higher than those who did not have sex.

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