نشریه انجمن علمی روانشناسی ایران

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چکیده

شناخت متغیرهای تأثیرگذار بر پدیدآیی اختلال‌های جنسی اهمیت بسزایی دارد. آگاهی از شیوه عملکرد و رابطه این متغیرها با یکدیگر در حوزه پیشگیری و درمان اختلا‌ل‌های جنسی می‌تواند بهزیستی زندگی زوجی را بهبود بخشد و هزینه‌های تحمیل‌شده روان‌شناختی و جامعه‌شناختی آن را کاهش دهد. هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی نقش واسطه‌ای دشواری تنظیم هیجان در رابطه بین آسیب‌های دلبستگی و اختلال‌های جنسی بود. چهارصد و پنجاه نفر (227 زن، 223 مرد) دارای اختلال جنسی در این پژوهش شرکت کردند. شرکت‌کنندگان مقیاس دلبستگی بزرگسال (AAI)، مقیاس دشواری تنظیم هیجان (DERS) و پرسشنامه وضعیت جنسی گلومبک-راست (GRISS) را تکمیل کردند. نتایج پژوهش نشان داد که آسیب‌های دلبستگی با اختلال‌های جنسی و دشواری تنظیم هیجان رابطه مثبت معنادار داشتند. دشواری تنظیم هیجان نیز با اختلال‌های جنسی رابطه مثبت معنادار داشت. نتایج تحلیل مسیر نشان داد که دشواری تنظیم هیجان در رابطه بین آسیب‌های دلبستگی و اختلال‌های جنسی نقش واسطه‌ای دارد. بر اساس یافته‌های پژوهش می‌توان نقش دلبستگی ایمن و تأثیر آن بر مکانیسم تنظیم هیجان و در نتیجه بر عملکرد جنسی را تأیید کرد. استفاده از این یافته‌ها در زمینه پیشگیری از اختلال‌های جنسی و درمان اختلال‌های جنسی زوجین از دستاوردهای عملی این پژوهش محسوب می‌شود.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

The mediating role of emotion regulation difficultiy on the relationship between attachment pathologies and sexual disorders

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mohammad Ali Besharat
  • Sharareh AbdollahKhani
  • Masoud Gholamali Lavasani

چکیده [English]

Identifying factors behind sexual disorders is of paramount importance. Knowing how these variables work and impinge on each other can improve the quality of couple's sexual life, and reduce the psychological and sociological costs of prevention and treatment of sexual disorders. The present study aimed to examine the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties and their impact on the relationship between attachment pathologies and sexual disorders. A total of 450 individuals with sexual disorders (227 females, 223 males) participated in this study. Participants completed the Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS). The results indicated that attachment pathologies had a significantly positive association with sexual disorders and emotion regulation difficulties. Emotion regulation difficulties also showed a significantly positive association with sexual disorders. The results of path analysis reveald that the relationship between attachment pathologies and sexual disorders was mediated by difficulties in emotion regulation. Based on the results of the present study the impact of secure attachment on both emotion regulation mechanisms and sexual functioning was approved. Using the findings of the present study to prevent sexual disorders as well as treatment of couples, sexual disorders in couples can be considered as practical implications of the study.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • affective bond
  • Attachment
  • Sexual Disorder
  • emotion regulation
  • Couple Therapy
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