Relationships between sexual assertiveness and sexual dissatisfaction with couple burnout through the mediating role of marital conflict

Sexual satisfaction can have a significant effect on marital relationships and satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between sexual dissatisfaction and marital burnout with the moderating role of marital conflict. This is a descriptive and correlational based on path analysis within the structural equation modeling. The questionnaire used in this study is Hilbert index of sexual assertiveness (HISA) (1992), Index of sexual satisfaction (ISS) (1981), Barati and Sanaii index of marital confict (1375) and Couple Burnout questionnaire (CBM) (1996). The sample is the all women referring to consultation centers of Zahedan (320 person) in winter in 2015. Using clustering method, a total of 150 subjects were selected. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 and LISREL 8.8. Findings show that marital conflict had a moderating role on the relationship between sexual assertiveness and marital burnout   (B = 0.23 P < 0.05). It also plays a moderating role on the relationship between sexual dissatisfaction and marital burnout(B =  0.11, P < 0.05). Result, there is a meaningful correlation between sexual dysfunction, sexual dissatisfaction, couple burnout, and marital conflict. The less the sexual accomplishment is, the more the spousal conflict and disappointment are, and the increase in sexual dissatisfaction would raise spousal conflict and disappointment. Similarly, the general results show that marital conflict as intermediary between the parameters of sexual dysfunction and couple burnout as well as between sexual dissatisfaction and couple burnout.