Investigating the relationship between sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion and religious attitude with married Men's Sexual Performance

Divorce rate has increased in recent rates, and failure to satisfy the sexual instinct and problems in the sexual performance of people are reportedly among the contributing factors. The present study was an attempt to investigate the association of sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion and religious attitudes with the sexual function of married men in Ardabil City.

The method of this research was descriptive-correlation type. The population of the study included all married men in Ardabil City in 2023. A total of 120 individuals were selected through convenience sampling and were asked to fill out the sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion, religious attitudes, and sexual function questionnaires. After collecting the questionnaires, the collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis simultaneously in SPSS version 18 software.

The results indicated that the sexual function of men is significantly correlated with positive sexual self-concept (0.58), negative sexual self-concept (-0.53), cognitive fusion (-0.70), and religious attitudes (0.72). (p<0.001). The results of multiple regression analysis also revealed that 63% of the variance of men's sexual performance is explained by sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion and religious attitude (p<0.001).

Based on the obtained results, psychologists and health professionals are advised to pay further attention to the contributing role of sexual self-concept, cognitive fusion, and religious attitudes in enhancement of married men’s sexual function.