the role of sexual – self schema and body imag on women sexual function

abstractthe role of sexual – self schema and body imag on women sexual function introduction: the aime of the present study is to investigate the role of sexual self-schema and body image on sexual function of married female nurses....... method: statistical population of the present study consist of all married female nurses of tehran government hospitals. from which 200 individuals were selected by stratified sampling method .they completed sexual self-schema scale, fisher body image quisetionnier and female sexual function index .190 quisetionnaier were fully answered and were considered...... results: the results of the regression analyses revealed that there were significant relationship between passionate - romantic and embarrassed –conservative subscales and sexual function. body satisfaction significantly correlated with desirable sexual function........conclusion: findings showed that sexual self-schema and body image can predict sexual function.key words: sexual self-schema, body image, sexual function, married womenkey words: sexual self-schema, body image, sexual function, married women