Sexual Myths and Self-Consciousness in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Power of Education

The effect of a self-management training based on the 5As model on the sexual satisfaction of Iranian women: A randomized clinical trial.

Implementing the 5As self-management intervention can improve women's sexual satisfaction; consequently, the use of this intervention model is recommended to health providers.

The effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on women's sexual self-expression and sexual satisfaction.

Sexual satisfaction, as one of the key indicators of marital satisfaction and mental health, plays a fundamental role in the stability of family relationships. Sexual self-expression also facilitates the ability of an individual to express sexual needs and desires and directly affects the quality of sexual experience. The present study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on sexual self-expression and sexual satisfaction in women. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a follow-up period. The statistical population included all women referring to counseling centers in Sabzevar in 1401, and the sample included 45 people who were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 people in each group) and a control group (15 people). Data collection tools included the Hudson et al. (1981) Sexual Satisfaction Scale and the Snell, Bell, and Clark Spouses Sexual Self-expression Scale (1997). The results of multivariate analysis of variance and repeated measures analysis of variance showed that metacognitive therapy had a significant effect on increasing sexual self-expression and improving sexual satisfaction in women. The Bonferroni test also showed that the effects of treatment at the post-test and follow-up stages were significant compared to the pre-test and that the effectiveness of the interventions was maintained up to two months after the end of the intervention, although the difference between the post-test and follow-up was not significant.

The effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on women’s sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction

Therapy for Spiritual Health and Psychological Resilience of Women with Forced Marriage Experience

Depression and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Therapeutic Abortion: The Effect of Spirituality

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between depression, anxiety, and spirituality levels in women who underwent therapeutic abortion.Materials and Methods: The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 140 women who underwent therapeutic abortion in a province in eastern Turkey. Data were collected using the “Socio-demographic Form,” “Spirituality Scale,” and “Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD).” Cronbach Alpha internal consistency tests, numbers, percentages, t-tests, and correlation tests were used in the analysis of the data.Results: The average age of the women participating in this study was 32.44 ± 9.16, 70% had an education level below high school, 64.3% were not working, 53.6% had not previously had an abortion or miscarriage, and 67.9% had previously given birth.The mean anxiety score for women who had therapeutic abortion was 8.59±3.32, the mean depression score was 8.35±3.27, and the mean Spirituality Scale score was 99.11±16.18. No significant relationship was found between the sub-dimensions of the Spirituality Scale and anxiety in women who had undergone therapeutic abortion. A negative and significant relationship was found between depression and the sub-dimensions of the Spirituality Scale (Spiritual coping, Transcendence, Spiritual experience, Search for meaning, and Total scale scores) in women who had undergone therapeutic abortion. It was found that as women’s depression scores increased, their spirituality scores decreased.Conclusion: This study found no significant relationship between the sub-scales of the Spirituality Scale and anxiety in women who had undergone therapeutic abortion. It was determined that more than half of the women who had undergone therapeutic abortion experienced depression and that there was a relationship between depression and spirituality. Women with high spirituality were found to experience less depression. Based on these results, it may be advisable for women to be assessed for depression by healthcare professionals following therapeutic abortion.

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Sexual Skills Training (Masters & Johnson) and Sexual Mindfulness Training on Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Intimacy in Married Women

The data analysis indicated that both the cognitive-behavioral sexual skills training (Masters & Johnson) and the sexual mindfulness training exerted a statistically significant positive effect on improving the levels of sexual satisfaction and sexual intimacy among the participating married women.