Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress
BACKGROUND: Industrialization of societies has placed considerable stress on employees influencing marital and sexual satisfaction. This study investigated the effects of stress management (SM) and relationship enrichment (RE) counseling on marital and sexual satisfaction in stressed women working a...
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| author | Leily Kazemi Mojgan Mirghafourvand Khalil Esmaeilpour Mahin Kamalifard |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Industrialization of societies has placed considerable stress on employees influencing marital and sexual satisfaction. This study investigated the effects of stress management (SM) and relationship enrichment (RE) counseling on marital and sexual satisfaction in stressed women working at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences hospitals, Iran.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi-experimental study, 75 nurses and midwives experiencing moderate-to-severe occupational stress after obtaining written informed consent were assigned to SM and RE counseling and control groups randomly. The SM and RE attended six-related counseling sessions, and control group received no intervention. The participants completed Osipow's Revised Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-R), ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Larson's Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire before and 2 weeks after the intervention. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and ANCOVA.
RESULTS: SM counseling led to relatively good increase in sexual satisfaction. In addition, there was no significant difference between the three groups in the mean occupational stress scores and marital satisfaction scores.
CONCLUSION: SM counseling increased the level of sexual satisfaction. The approaches had no significant effect on occupational stress and marital satisfaction. Further studies are required to identify the best counseling approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-861278be09d1483f9844aed2ac816dc92024-03-25T11:15:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312024-01-01131131310.4103/jehp.jehp_1402_22Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stressLeily KazemiMojgan MirghafourvandKhalil EsmaeilpourMahin KamalifardBACKGROUND: Industrialization of societies has placed considerable stress on employees influencing marital and sexual satisfaction. This study investigated the effects of stress management (SM) and relationship enrichment (RE) counseling on marital and sexual satisfaction in stressed women working at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences hospitals, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi-experimental study, 75 nurses and midwives experiencing moderate-to-severe occupational stress after obtaining written informed consent were assigned to SM and RE counseling and control groups randomly. The SM and RE attended six-related counseling sessions, and control group received no intervention. The participants completed Osipow's Revised Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-R), ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Larson's Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire before and 2 weeks after the intervention. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and ANCOVA. RESULTS: SM counseling led to relatively good increase in sexual satisfaction. In addition, there was no significant difference between the three groups in the mean occupational stress scores and marital satisfaction scores. CONCLUSION: SM counseling increased the level of sexual satisfaction. The approaches had no significant effect on occupational stress and marital satisfaction. Further studies are required to identify the best counseling approaches.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2024;volume=13;issue=1;spage=13;epage=13;aulast=Kazemicounselingmanagingmarriagesexual satisfactionstresswork-related stress |
| spellingShingle | Leily Kazemi Mojgan Mirghafourvand Khalil Esmaeilpour Mahin Kamalifard Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress Journal of Education and Health Promotion counseling managing marriage sexual satisfaction stress work-related stress |
| title | Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| title_full | Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| title_fullStr | Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| title_short | Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| title_sort | effects of stress management and relationship enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress |
| topic | counseling managing marriage sexual satisfaction stress work-related stress |
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