The impact of the sexual cognitive reconstruction education on the sexual satisfaction and sexual elf-esteem in women with sexual

Sheykholeslami, Ali; Salehi, Habibeh

doi:10.22098/jrp.2024.15758.1256

The impact of the sexual cognitive reconstruction education on the sexual satisfaction and sexual elf-esteem in women with sexual

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ali Sheykholeslami ¹
Habibeh Salehi ²

¹ Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

² Department of Midwifery٫ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Science, Ardabil, Iran

10.22098/jrp.2024.15758.1256

Abstract

The goal of this research was studying the impact of the sexual cognitive reconstruction education on the sexual satisfaction and sexual self-esteem in women with sexual problems. The research method was semi-experimental that was done with pre-test post-test multi-group design. The research statistical population including the whole of the women in age range 25 to 40 with sexual problems had referred to the Psychotherapy Centers for Sexual Disorders in Ardabil City in the year 2022.The research sample number were 30 people who were selected by convenience sampling method and they were replaced in two groups of sexual cognitive reconstruction (15 people) randomly and control group (15 people) in simple random way. Collecting data was done by using the questionnaire of female sexual function index (Rosen & et al, 2000), the questionnaire of sexual satisfaction (Hudson & et al, 1981) and female sexual self-esteem index (Zeanah & Schwarz, 1996). The cognitive reconstruction education was presented to experimental group in eight sessions lasting 75 minutes. Analyzing data was done by using the multivariate analysis of covariance test following SPSS20 software. The research findings indicated that sexual cognitive reconstruction education effects on incensement of the sexual satisfaction (P<0.001, F=708.50) and sexual self-esteem (P<0.001, F=139.45) in experimental group. Therefore, it can be said that the sexual cognitive reconstruction education can increase the amount of sexual satisfaction and sexual self-esteem in women with sexual problems.

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