The effect of sexual skills training on marital satisfaction

Abstract

The research purpose is to investigate the effect of sexual skills training on the increase of positive feeling toward spouse and marital satisfaction regarding different factors of marital relationship, conflict resolution style, sexual relationship and total marital satisfaction. The statistical population consisted of married women in Roudehen and Science and Research Branches of Islamic Azad Universit ies of Iran, out of which a sample of 12 volunteers attended five two-hour sexual training classes. The distributed questionnaires which were responded to, were Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (115-item test) in order to assess the marital satisfaction and its’ factors and Positive Feeling toward Spouse Inventory. The results of the study revealed that sexual skill training has significant effect on positive feelings toward spouse, marital relationship, conflict resolution style, sexual relationship and total marital satisfaction. Furthermore, it can be mentioned that sexual skills training can play an influential role in eliciting positive emotions and love maintenance, personal emotions and beliefs toward the role of sexual relation in marriage maintenance, developing the conflict resolution ability, personal satisfaction of expressing emotions and a sense of ease to talk about sexual matters and being engaged in sexual intercourse, and also couples’ satisfaction with married life.