Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Refah University
2 Counseling Department. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Allameh Tabatabai, Tehran, Iran
3 Counseling department of Refahi university
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying women's understanding of the nature of regulating sexual relations and its role on the quality of married life. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and a database method. The research sample consisted of 16 married women aged 20 to 45 from districts 9 and 10 of Tehran in 1400. Sampling was done in a targeted and accessible way. The criteria for entering the research were satisfaction with married life (using the Enrich questionnaire) and not having a history of divorce and breach of contract, and the data were collected using a semi-structured exploratory interview. The findings of the research included 86 open codes, 11 central codes and the selected code of "Sex Support Function". Foundational factors include personal psychological capital such as mental space management; Meaning-making perspectives were such as the meaning of commitment and interpersonal dynamics such as shared decision-making and complementarity. Intervening factors included cultural and social factors such as supportive lifestyle and barriers including horizontal barriers including lack of amenities and peripheral barriers such as family of origin problems. Strategies included satisfying attachment, participation in regulated sex, and communication skills that led to individual outcomes (physical and mental health) and interpersonal outcomes (feeling secure in the relationship and increased resilience). its primary consequence is increasing flexibility and adaptability in the family, and its secondary consequence includes increasing the quality of life and reducing the factors of disintegration in the family,
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