The mediating role of the mindfulness in the relationship between Sexuality  based on Character types and Attitude to love: Study of Structural Equation Model

Abasian, Maryam; Tayyebi, Afshin

doi:10.30495/jwsf.2021.1918046.1533

Manuscript ID : JWSF-2101-1533 (R1) Visit : 411 Page: 73 - 98

10.30495/jwsf.2021.1918046.1533

Article Type: Original Research

The mediating role of the mindfulness in the relationship between Sexuality based on Character types and Attitude to love: Study of Structural Equation Model

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Maryam Abasian ¹ , Afshin Tayyebi ²

1 - Master student of Clinical Psychology, Department of psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Assistant professor of Psychology, Kharazmy University, Gheshm, Iran

Received: 2021-01-26 Accepted : 2021-05-08 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Structural equation, mindfulness, character types, attitude to love, sexual relationship,

Abstract :

The research tools included: Sex relation scale(SRS), questionnaire for measuring five personality traits(NEO), the scale of Love attitude(LAS-SF), and the questionnaire of 5 factors of mindfulness FFMQ. The fitness of the proposed model was estimated through structural equation modeling(SEM) and using the AMOS software packageThe mediating relationship in the proposed pattern was tested using the bootstrap procedure.in Karaj among which200 people were selected200 selected by the available sampling method. The research tools included: Sex relation scale(SRS), questionnaire for measuring five personality traits(NEO), the scale of Love attitude(LAS-SF), and the questionnaire of 5 factors of mindfulness FFMQ. The fitness of the proposed model was estimated through structural equation modeling(SEM) and using the AMOS software package. The mediating relationship in the proposed pattern was tested using the bootstrap procedure. Result: The result of the structural equation modeling indicating relative fitness of model, showed that character types, attitude to love with the mediation of mindfulness had an indirect effect on the sexual relationship predict sexual relationship. Therapists are advised to acquaint couples with different types of lovemaking styles and personality types, and also by training mindfulness, the quality of the sexual relationship can be improved.

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