The role of dysfunctional schema, dark personality traits, emotional inhibition and shame in predicting unsatisfactory sexual relationships

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijanُ Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

2 شهرک باغمیشه،خیابان مولانا،مجتمع شهریار ب،بلوک۴۷،طبقه سوم،واحد وسط رحیم پور

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The aim of the current research was to investigate the role of dysfunctional schemas, dark personality traits, emotional inhibition and shame in predicting unsatisfactory sexual relations of couples.The current research is practical in terms of its purpose, and in terms of its implementation method, it is a descriptive and corelational study.In the current research, the research community was formed by all couples with sexual dissatisfaction in Tabriz city in 1401. 160 of these couples were selected by voluntary sampling methodand Hudson, Harrison and Crosscup (1981) sexual satisfaction scale questionnaires, Jonason and Webster's Dirty Dozen questionnaire (2010), Yang schema questionnaire (2003), Kellner's emotional inhibition questionnaire (1986) and Cohen, Wolff, Shame and Guilt Readiness Scale. Penter and Insko (2011) were completed. The results were analyzed with Spss software version 26.The findings of the research showed that the variable of sexual dissatisfaction can be predicted as much as 40.3% by ineffective schemas, 33.6% by narcissism, 34.7% by emotional inhibition and 32.9% by shame.Therefore, it is possible to prevent sexual dissatisfaction in couples by embedding programs that reduce ineffective schemas, dark personality traits, emotional inhibition and shame in couples.

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  • Receive Date: 23 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 31 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 31 July 2024

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