Prediction of Female Sexual Dysfunction Based on Perceived Stress and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

The present research aimed to predict women's sexual dysfunction based on perceived stress and body dysmorphic disorder.

The research population consisted of all 6,698 married women students of Hamedan Azad University, Hamedan, Iran, in 2020, of which 106 individuals were selected as the research sample (this number increased to 120 as a precaution). Sexual Function Scale, Perceived Stress, and Assessment of Body Dysmorphic were considered to collect data. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the collected data.

The results analysis showed that perceived stress is a significant and negative predictor of sexual dysfunction. Body dysmorphic variable could not be a significant predictor of sexual dysfunction. A negative and significant relationship was observed between sexual dysfunction and perceived stress.

The relationship direction indicated that the higher the score of women's sexual function, the lower their mean perceived stress. In addition, no significant relationship at the level of 0.01 was observed between perceived body dysfunction and sexual dysfunction, and between perceived stress and body dysmorphic disorder.