Investigating Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy on Sexual Desire and Entitlement in Women

Marital relationships play an important role in the health and strength of the family. Cognitive behavioral couple therapy can be effective in improving marital satisfaction by modifying cognitive and behavioral patterns. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral couple therapy on sexual desire and entitlement in women.

This is a semi-experimental research of pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a 1-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research was all married women aged 19 to 42 who referred to Shahr Karaj counseling centers in the first 6 months of 1401. For sampling, 30 people from the community group who referred for marital problems were selected using the available method and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent 8 1-hour sessions of cognitive behavioral couple therapy, but the They did not receive an intervention control. Data collection was done using Halbert's Sexual Desire Questionnaire and Sexual Entitlement Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the mixed variance analysis method.

The results showed that there is a significant difference in terms of sexual desire and sexual entitlement in the studied groups in the post-test stage; So that cognitive-behavioral couple therapy has been able to significantly increase the scores of sexual desire and sexual entitlement in the experimental group (p<0.001). In addition, the effects of the treatment were more stable according to the follow-up period in all indicators of sexual desire and entitlement.

Based on the results of this study, cognitive behavioral couple therapy can be effective in increasing sexual desire and sexual rights.