THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL FRIGIDITY AND MARITAL CONFLICT IN WOMEN RESIDING IN YAZD

Sexual dysfunction brings about numerous problems including marital conflict and incompatibility for couples especially women. Thus، the present study aims to expose the relationship between sexual frigidity and marital conflict among women residing in Yazd; and accordingly to survey some of the influential elements in these marital conflicts. The method of this study is descriptive solidarity. The statistical society includes all married women who went to Yazd Health Centers in 2011، among whom one hundred available samples were selected. Research instruments included two questionnaires: Marital Conflict Questionnaire (MCQ) and Sexual Frigidity Questionnaire of Eshghi and Bahrami. The obtained data from the subjects were graded and in order to analyze them، we used the SPSS software (version 18)، descriptive statistical methods (mean، standard deviation)، and Pierson correlation coefficient at 0. 05. The results show that there was a significant relationship between women’s sexual frigidity and marital conflict (p<0. 05)، and also there was a significant and opposite relationship between marriage duration and marital conflict (p<0. 05). According to these findings، women with higher marital conflict show higher sexual frigidity; and also marital conflict in women reduces as more years pass.