The Effect of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression on Iranian Couples’ Sexual Life Satisfaction | The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy

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| Published: June 28, 2018

The Effect of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression on Iranian Couples’ Sexual Life Satisfaction

Department of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran. Google Scholar More about the auther

Pegah Zarif ,

Department of Psychology Research, Hakim Toos Higher Education Institute, Mashhad, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

Mohammad Reza Khodabakhsh

Department of Psychology Research, Hakim Toos Higher Education Institute, Mashhad, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.092/20180602

DOI: 10.25215/0602.092

ABSTRACT

There are many psychological and physical factors which can affect our lifespan to make us being happy or sad. In this study, we investigated the life of 110Iranian couples who were involved in stress, anxiety, and depression by giving them a 24-item self-administered questionnaire of psychometric property of the depression anxiety stress scale (DASS) to measure three emotional states; depression, anxiety, and stress, Kanzas marital satisfaction (KMS) scale, Larson’s sexual satisfaction scale, and interviewing couples. This study is aimed to find the newest and the most salient symptoms of sexual dissatisfaction in life of human beings. The findings of this study showed that many couples’ life would be affect by these psychological disorders, and it had direct, positive, significant relationship with humans’ life, and their sexual marital satisfaction.

Keywords

Marital satisfaction; Stress; Anxiety; Depression; Sexual satisfaction.

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2018 © Toofal, Z Z; Zarif, P & Khodabakhsh, M R

How to cite this article:

Toofal, Z Z; Zarif, P & Khodabakhsh, M R (2018). The effect of stress, anxiety, and depression on iranian couples’ sexual life satisfaction. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(2), 115-124. DIP:18.01.092/20180602, DOI:10.25215/0602.092