The effectiveness of sexual cognitive behavioral therapy in sexual stimulation and inhibition of men with low sexual performance

Introduction: Sexual stimulation and inhibition play an important role in men's sexual performance, so the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of sexual cognitive behavioral therapy in sexual stimulation and inhibition of men with low sexual performance. Methodology: The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a follow-up period. The statistical population includes all married men who went to the life expectancy Clinic in Aligoodarz city in the first three months of 2011 to solve their sexual problems. 30 qualified people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). Both groups responded to Millhausen et al.'s (2013) sexual arousal/inhibition questionnaire. The control group received routine counseling, but the experimental group received sexual cognitive behavioral therapy in nine two-hour sessions over two months virtually in the Skyroom program. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used in data analysis using SPSS version 16 software. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the average score of sexual stimulation and inhibition of men with low sexual performance before and after the training of sexual cognitive behavioral therapy, and this difference was statistically significant in the follow-up phase (P<0.001). Conclusion: Cognitive-behavioral sexual therapy can be used as a complementary treatment method along with medical methods in order to improve sexual stimulation and inhibition of men with low sexual performance.