Volume 10, Issue 1 (vol 1, Num 1 2016)                   2016, 10(1): 1-11 | Back to browse issues page


XML Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

zarei J, pour hosein R, tarafdari A, habibi askar abd M, Babakhani M. Development and evaluation of a bio-psychological model of sexual health in menopausal women: mediator role of cultural factors. Journal title 2016; 10 (1) :1-11
URL: http://rph.khu.ac.ir/article-1-2613-en.html
1- University of Tehran , jamileh.zarei@gmail.com
2- University of Tehran
3- Tehran university of medical sciences
4- Shahid beheshti university
Abstract:   (21320 Views)

Purpose: there are several factors which mentioned in sexual health. In overall, biological, psychological and cultural factors effect on sexual health. The aim of this study was the investigation of predictive role of biological and psychological factors with the mediator role of cultural factors in sexual health. In this regard, direct and indirect effects of these variables were investigated  to predict sexual health.

Method: the instruments of this study included ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire, Beck self-concept scale, Bem's gender schemas questionnaire, Sherer's self-efficacy questionnaire, Amz's Narcissistic personality inventory,  quality of object relations inventory,Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women (BISF-W), and checklist of menopause symptoms, which performed on 307 women in Tehran between 1393-1394.

Findings: results suggest that cultural factors effect directly on sexual health. In addition, biological and psychological predict sexual health in direct and indirect (with the mediator role of cultural factors) way.

Conclusion: results show that this model is acceptable for explaining sexual health in menopausal women.

     
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/06/18 | Accepted: 2016/07/12 | Published: 2016/07/13

Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA

Send email to the article author


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2024 CC BY-NC 4.0 |

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb