abstract background: sexual function is reduced in an infertile woman. this study aimed to determine the effect of a communication skills training program on sexual function in infertile women referring to the medical centers in isfahan in 2012. materials and methods: this study is a field trial study using control groups in which 32 infertile couples were selected by convenience sampling, and ...

objective: to determine association between sexual desire and marital satisfaction and sex guilt among a sample of iranian female university students. methods: the data presented here were obtained from a total of 192 married iranian female university students who were selected via a multi-cluster sampling method from universities of social welfare and rehabilitation, tarbiat modarres, and isla...

patients and methods the current methodological study went through three consecutive phases. in the first phase, the concept of sexual satisfaction was defined and analyzed by the hybrid model approach. in the second phase, an item pool was generated by the findings of the first phase. finally, the psychometric properties of the scale were evaluated in the third phase. all data analyses were pe...

background & aim: sexual activity is one of the most important aspects of a marital life. childbirth is also a major event in the life of women, and the period of postpartum is a time of emotional upheaval. since women believe that vaginal delivery could negatively affect their sexual function after childbirth, they tend to give birth through caesarean section. therefore, this study aimed to ev...

background: migraine is a chronic disorder affecting women more than men. sexual dysfunction is one the complaints of women with migraine, which is not regarded as it should be. the goal of this study was to determine sexual dysfunction in women with migraine, and possible effects of depression and sleep quality on their sexual function. methods: one hundred married migraineurs women were enrol...

objective: hypoactive sexual desire disorder (hsdd) is a common sexual problem among women. sexual interest and desire inventory –female (sidi-f) has been widely validated and used to measure sexual desire in women. the aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the persian version of sidi-f for iranian population. method: this was a methodological study on the psychometr...

conclusions experts are advised to focus on diverse sexual history dimensions, especially uncontrollable masturbation behaviors, that can predict sexual interests. although frotteurism is a rare psychiatric disorder, and although this case is atypical given the early childhood presentation of abnormal sexual behavior carried out secretly and not in a crowd, it is clear that frotteurism is the a...

sexual health and rights indicators provide essential tools for monitoring the status of individuals’ sexual health and its rights, in various countries. this paper discusses sexual health and rights indicators in iran. the indicators under study are derived from similar indicators developed by asian-pacific resource and research center for women, for the 15th anniversary of the international c...

      The purpose of the present research is to determine whether there are sexual taboos among young people age from 15 to 30 residing in Tehran and to investigate the factors affecting this social issue. This research attempts to answer three questions and to obtain the empirical support for 8 main hypotheses. In this study, the target population is all the young people residing in Tehran age...