The effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on women’s sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction

One of the main and important principles throughout the life is to search and maintain the relationship with the relatives, particularly the spouse. Despite the fact that multiple biological and psychogenic factors have been introduced as  the underlying elements in reducing women’s sexual desire, research trends in recent years have indicated that the impacts of psychogenic factors is more highlighted in the occurrence of such problem. The present study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on cognitive behavioral intervention on women’s’ sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction. This is interventional study with pre-test and post-test which consisted of 30 women referring to one of the psychological service centers in the city of Kashan in 2015-16. The participants were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups.The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy. Data analyzed via descriptive and analytical statistics such as multi variables and single variable covariance using SPSS software. The findings of the study indicated that the mean score of post-test for sexual efficacy was 3.78± 1.19 in behavioral cognitive group and 1.96±0.65 in control group. In addition, the mean score of post-test for marital satisfaction was 91.0±23.3 for cognitive group and 70.0±68.1 for control group. The results of the study revealed that cognitive behavioral intervention with improved sexual self-efficacy and marital satisfaction can modify the couple’s relationship.