The Relationship Between Body Image and Sexual Function and Marital Adjustment with the Mediating Role of Mental Health

Nasrallahi, Bita; Gadimi, Samira

The Relationship Between Body Image and Sexual Function and Marital Adjustment with the Mediating Role of Mental Health

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Bita Nasrallahi ¹

Samira Gadimi ²

¹ Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch

² Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch.

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between body image and sexual function and marital adjustment with the mediating role of mental health in married women of Tehran. The statistical population of the research was formed by all the married women of Tehran city in 1400-1401.From statistical population, 406 people were selected and studied as available sampling. To collect the data, Bron et al.'s Body Image Questionnaires (MBSRQ), Rosen et al.'s Women's Sexual Function (FSFI), Goldenberg's Mental Health (GHQ-28) and Graham B. Spanier's Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (DAS) were used. After collecting and extracting the data, the structural equation modeling method was used to test the hypotheses of the current research. In this research, AMOS software version 25 and SPSS version 24 were used.The results showed that:Body image had a positive and significand direct effect on sexual function (p<0/05, β=0/31) and marital adjustment (p<0/01, β=0/117). mental health had a negative and significant direct effect on sexual function (p<0/01, β=-0/37) and also on marital adjustment (p<0/01, β=-0/548). mental health had a positively and significantly mediates the indirect effect of body image on sexual function (p<0/01, β=0/111) as well as the indirect effect of body image on marital adjustment (p<0/01, β=0/164). In general, the results showed that body image had an effect on sexual function and marital adjustment both directly and through the mediation of mental health – it fits with the collected data.

Keywords

body image

sexual function

marital adjustment

mental health

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