The Effect of Hypnotherapy on Sexual Self-Concept of Women with Dyspareunia

Subject Areas : Educational

Mehdi Dehestani ¹ , Atefeh Mahdavi ² , Maryam Karimi ³ , Amin Moradnejad ⁴

1 - psychology, Associate Professor, Faculty member of Payam Noor University, Tehran South Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - psychology, Associate Professor, Faculty member of Payam Noor University, Tehran South Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3 - psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran South Branch, Tehran, Iran.
4 - psychology, Faculty member of Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2019-04-16 Accepted : 2020-04-18 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: women with dyspareunia, sexual self-concept, hypnotherapy,

Abstract :

This study aimed at investigating the effect of hypnotherapy on sexual self-concept of women with dyspareunia. The research’s method was semi-experimental. The sample was 20 women who went to midwifery and women's clinics and had the criteria for dyspareunia, which was diagnosed by a doctor and psychiatric using DSM-5’s checklist of dyspareunia. These people were selected using random sampling. The measurement tool in this study was Sexual Self-concept Questionnaire (Snell, 1990). The women who had dyspareunia and had weak self-concept scores could participate in this study. Then, the subjects were divided into two experimental and control groups with 10 patients. The experimental group received treatment in eight sessions while the control group received no treatment. Finally, Snell's sexual self-concept questionnaire was re-applied to both groups for data comparison.  There was a significant difference in the data obtained from the scores of the questionnaire in comparison with the control group using Covariance analysis which indicated the effect of hypnotherapy on sexual self-concept and ultimately sexual function of women with dyspareunia (P >0.05). The effectiveness of hypnotherapy on the ability of sexual self-concept and ultimately the sexual function of women in this study was confirmed with regard to the findings.

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