Mediating Role of Sexual Satisfaction on the Association of Love Styles and Emotional Disengagement

Abstract Emotional disengagement is a stage in a couple's life in which the couple's positive feelings fade away and negative feelings replace them. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of sexual satisfaction in the association of love styles and emotional disengagement in married individuals. This was a descriptive correlational study. There were 418 participants (97 males and 321 females) selected through convenience sampling and completed the Emotional Disengagement and loneliness Scale, Love attitude scale and sexual satisfaction inventory. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and path analysis. The results of Pearson correlation revealed that there were significant relationships between Eros love styles, Storge, Pragma, Mania, Agape and also sexual satisfaction was significantly correlated with emotional disengagement. The results of path analysis also revealed that sexual satisfaction mediated the relationship between love styles and emotional disengagement. According to the results, sexual satisfaction and love styles have an influence on emotional disengagement and attention to these variables seems important and necessary to prevent emotional disengagement.