Introduction:Sexual interest/arousal disorderin women causes emotional and psychological damage and decreases marital quality and satisfaction and increases marital burnout.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the sexual function index and the quality of the marital relationships of women with sexual interest/arousal disorder. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included women with sexual interest/arousal disorder referred to counseling centers in Isfahanin 2020-2021, from which 30 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two groups (15 people in each group). Subjects of all two groups were evaluated in the pre-test stage with scales. Then the experimental group underwent an 8-session weekly intervention for two months and the control group did not receive any intervention. At the end of the intervention sessions, the members of the two groups were re-evaluated with research tools. SPSS 23 statistical software and univariate and multivariate covariance analysis statistical methods along with LSD follow-up test were used for data analysis. Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy was able to improve sexual desire (F=63.069 and sig=0.001), sexual arousal (F=51.439 and sig=0.001), sexual satisfaction (F= 7.07 and sig=0.014), improve orgasm (F=32.18 and sig=0.001) and quality of marital relationship (F=11.34 and sig=0.001). Conclusion: According to these results, it can be said that the psychotherapy protocol for sexual desire/arousal disorder has the necessary effectiveness in modulating the symptoms of this disorder and can be used as a suitable treatment option along with other psychotherapy models for this disorder.
ghasemi N, rezaei F, sadeghi M. The Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral Therapy on Sexual Function and Quality of Marital Relationships in Women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. IJPN 2022; 10 (3) :78-87 URL: http://ijpn.ir/article-1-2038-en.html