The Development and Validation of Sexual wellbeing patterns of Iranian men

Ghanbari, Kourosh; Mehrinejad, Abolghasem; Sotedehasl, Nemat; Ghorbani, Raheb

doi:10.22034/aftj.2021.294259.1134

The Development and Validation of Sexual wellbeing patterns of Iranian men

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ PhD student in Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran

² Associate Professor of Psychology, Alzahra University,Tehran, Iran

³ Associate professor ،department of Psychology، Semnan Branch، Islamic Azad، University، Semnan ،Iran

⁴ Professor Epidemiology and Statistics group PhD Biostatistics, Semnan University of Medical Sciences,Semnsn,Iran

10.22034/aftj.2021.294259.1134

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to design and validate the sexual well-being model of Iranian men. Research method in terms of purpose, applied-fundamental; Depending on the data type, the mixture (qualitative-quantitative) was exploratory and according to the data collection method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the qualitative part of the study included academic experts and experts in the field of sex therapy and sexual issues in Tehran, who were selected as the sample size by purposive sampling method and saturation principle of 17 people. And in the quantitative part, including all married men over 25 years old, living in Tehran in 1399, by stepwise cluster sampling, 350 people were selected as the sample size. In this study, data collection was performed by library method, semi-structured interview (qualitative part) and researcher-made questionnaire (quantitative part). In the qualitative section, the experts confirmed the validity of the interview. In the qualitative part, the results of the interview were coded and in the quantitative part, in order to test the research questions, structural equation modeling and one-sample t-test were used. The results showed that the proposed model has a good degree of proportionality. Also, the results of the analysis show that out of 101 available indicators (items), 22 main components can be identified. 7 main dimensions (sexual quality, sexual attitude, sexual satisfaction, sexual intimacy, sexual schemas, sexual self-efficacy, sexual self-esteem) and 22 components (sexual intimacy satisfaction, sexual desire, erectile function, talking about sex, marital status, Positive sex, sexual knowledge, sexual adjustment, sexual attitude, sexual desire, sexual initiation, sexual arousal, orgasm, libido, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, emotions, communication, body acceptance, sexual function , Feelings of sexual guilt and self-esteem). Sex quality model is measured by 20 items, sexual attitude by 16 items, sexual satisfaction by 18 items, sexual intimacy by 16 items,

Keywords

20.1001.1.27172430.1400.2.4.7.4

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