Comparison of anxiety tolerance and sexual intimacy in working and housewives in Shiraz

The aim of this study was to compare anxiety tolerance and sexual intimacy in employed and housewives in Shiraz. The research method was descriptive causal-comparative. The statistical population of this study was all working women and housewives in Shiraz in 1397. 140 of them (70 working women, 70 housewives) were selected by purposeful sampling method and normal women by purposive sampling method and answered the question of intimacy questionnaire and Simmons and Gahr distress questionnaire. They gave. Data were analyzed using Spss software at two levels: descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance). Findings indicated that the tolerance of anxiety and components (tolerance, evaluation and adjustment) of working women were significantly higher than housewives. The data also showed that the sexual intimacy of working women was significantly lower than that of housewives.