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hazrati Z, kachooei M, Bastami Katuli M. THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SEXUAL SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND MARITAL SATISFACTION IN MARRIED WOMEN IN TEHRAN. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2021; 19 (7) :539-550
URL: http://unmf.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-4483-en.html
1- Master student of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Department of psychology, Science and research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- PhD of health psychology, Department of psychology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author) , kachooei.m@gmail.com
3- PHD student of health psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
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Background & Aims: Satisfaction with marital life depends on several factors, and one of the important factor that influencing marital satisfaction is sexual self-efficacy. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of sexual self-efficacy between personality characteristics and marital satisfaction. Materials & Methods: This study was a correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all married women living in Tehran. In this study, 290 married women were selected through convenient sampling and they completed NEO-Five Factor Inventory (FFI), Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire and sexual self-efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient, path analysis and bootstrap test were used to analyze the data using SPSS and AMOS softwares. Results: the results showed that there were significant correlations between personality characteristics (conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism) and sexual self-efficacy with marital satisfaction and sexual self-efficacy can significantly have a mediating role between extraversion & neuroticism and marital satisfaction. Conclusion: The results showed that low levels of neuroticism and high levels of extraversion can increase marital satisfaction through increasing sexual self-efficacy. Due to effect of marital satisfaction on physical and psychological health of couples, it suggested that therapists pay more attention to the components of this study, especially sexual self-efficacy.
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