Abstract

Sexual assertiveness and explicit conversations about sex between couples are influenced by variety of individual, cultural, and social factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictors of sexual assertiveness in a sample of Iranian married women of reproductive age. In this cross-sectional study, 276 married women of reproductive age participated from October 2018 to March 2019. Sampling was done in two stages. Data were collected using demographic questionnaires, Hulbert sexual assertiveness scale, and Spanier dyadic adjustment scale. Univariate and multivariate linear regression models via ENTER method through SPSS (version 25) software were performed. The mean age of participants was 31.44 years old with the mean marriage duration of 119.59 months. The mean score of participants’ sexual assertiveness was 57.31. The results of the multivariate regression model showed that marital adjustment (B = 0.46, SE = 0.06, β = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.35, 0.57) was the only significant predictors of sexual assertiveness explaining 30% of the variance, in married women of reproductive age. Due to important predictive role of marital adjustment, more attention should be given to couples adjustment to improve sexual assertiveness. In addition, this model explained only 30% of the variance in the concept of sexual assertiveness, so it is necessary to identify other factors affecting women’s sexual assertiveness.

摘要

夫妻之间关于性的性自信和露骨对话受到各种个人、文化和社会因素的影响。本研究的目的是调查伊朗已婚育龄妇女样本中性自信的预测因素。在这项横断面研究中，2018 年 10 月至 2019 年 3 月期间有 276 名已婚育龄妇女参与。抽样分两个阶段进行。使用人口统计问卷、Hulbert 性自信量表和 Spanier 二元调整量表收集数据。通过 SPSS（版本 25）软件通过 ENTER 方法执行单变量和多变量线性回归模型。参与者的平均年龄为 31.44 岁，平均婚姻持续时间为 119.59 个月。参与者性自信的平均得分为 57.31。B  = 0.46, SE  = 0.06, β = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.35, 0.57) 是已婚育龄妇女性自信的唯一重要预测因子，可解释 30% 的差异。由于婚姻调整的重要预测作用，应更多地关注夫妻调整以提高性自信。此外，该模型仅解释了性自信概念中 30% 的方差，因此有必要确定影响女性性自信的其他因素。