Predictors Affecting Sexual Anxiety And Marital Satisfaction Among Married Couples
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The purpose of the study was to establish an association between sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction. The study also aimed to investigate whether demographic factors such as gender, age of the couples, and duration of marriage contributes to marital satisfaction and sexual anxiety. Methodology: Fifty married couples were recruited through convenient sampling method and were asked to complete the Marital Satisfaction Scale and Sexual Anxiety Scale. The respondents took 20 minutes to fill the self report questionnaire. The researcher helped with clarifications when needed. Descriptive statistical procedures (M, SD, correlation and t test was calculated on the obtained results. Results: Pearson’s correlation was computed to assess the relationship between sexual anxiety and marital satisfaction. A correlation coefficient of - 0.574, indicating a statistically significant moderate, negative correlation between sexual anxiety and martial satisfaction (r = - 0.574, 0.01 level of significance) was obtained. The mean score of the total sample on sexual anxiety was 31.35 and that of marital satisfaction was 37.34 indicating moderate levels of sexual anxiety and marital satisfaction among males and females. The sexual anxiety scores indicated a significant difference among married males and females (t (98) = 3.60, p 0.01) with males having lower anxiety (M=28.10) as compared to females (M=34.60). Conclusion: The study indicates a moderate negative relationship between sexual anxiety and marital satisfaction. There was a significant difference in sexual anxiety among married couples, males having low anxiety as compared to females. The study also indicated that age of the married couple influence sexual anxiety and marital satisfaction. However, gender and duration of marriage affected only sexual anxiety and not marital satisfaction of the married couples.
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Vidyadayini Shetty, Vaishali Singh
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.4.1.2017.53-58
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