The goal of this research was to determinethe effectiveness of psychotherapy basedon acceptance and commitment on sexual function, sexual guilt feeling, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness among women with sexual dysfunction. The research method was semi
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The goal of this research was to determinethe effectiveness of psychotherapy basedon acceptance and commitment on sexual function, sexual guilt feeling, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness among women with sexual dysfunction. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, follow-up and control group. The statistical population consisted of all 25-45 year-old married women in the city of Sonqor, who referred to the clinic of psychology and counseling of Avysta in the spring of the 1396 year. The sample consisted of 30 women who were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (each group of 15). First, all subjects responded to Sexual Function (Rosen & et al, 2000), Sexual Guilt Feeling (Mosher, 1998), Sexual Self-Consciousness (Van Lankveld& et al, 2008) and Sexual Assertiveness (Hurlbert, 1991)Questionnaires. Subsequently, acceptance and commitment based psychotherapy was performed for the experimental group in 10 sessions, However, no intervention was used for the control group. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and covariance analysis were used. The acceptance and commitment based psychotherapy was effective in improving sexual function, sexual guilt feeling, sexual self-consciousness and sexual assertiveness of women (P<0.001). Treatment based on acceptance and commitment was considered to be effective and this treatment could be used as an effective interventions for improving sexual function, sexual guilt feeling, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness in women with sexual dysfunction.
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