Sexual schemas and sexual satisfaction in fertile and infertile women

One of the basic needs of every person and an important aspect of cohabitation between couples is sexual need and the quality of its satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparison and relationship between sexual schema and sexual satisfaction in fertile and infertile women in Yazd city. This study is a causal-comparative and correlational study in which 273 fertile and infertile women who referred to the mother hospital in Yazd city. They voluntarily responded to women's schema and sexual satisfaction questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed with the SPSS software. Levene’s test was used for testing equality/homogeneity of variance. Independent t test and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient were used for assessing the significance of the research hypotheses at a p value of lower than.The results showed no significant difference between fertile and infertile women in terms of sexual schemas. However, there was a significant difference between the mean score of sexual satisfaction in fertile women and the mean score of sexual satisfaction in infertile women. There was also a significant relationship between the components of sexual schemas (passionate/romantic and honest/comfortable) on the one hand and sexual satisfaction on the other in fertile and infertile women. The results of simultaneous regression analysis showed that Passionate – Romantic and Open - Direct schema can predict the sexual satisfaction of women. According to the present study, women wich have positive sexual schemas are more satisfied with their marital relationships due to their intimacy, openness and comfort.