The relationship between optimism, sexual self-efficacy and loneliness with couple burnout in married women

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MS. in family counseling, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Tonkabon, Tonkabon, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was investigate the relationship between optimism, sexual self-efficacy, and loneliness with couple burnout in employed married women in elementary school in Qazvin.
Materials and Methods:  The statistical population of this descriptive-correlational study consisted of all married women who employed in elementary schools of Qazvin city in 2018. Amongst them 152 women selected through single-stage cluster method. The research tools included "Life Orientation Test-Revised" (LOT-R), Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S), Sexual Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and Couple Burnout Test (CBM). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics including multivariate regression method by aiding SPSS software.
Results: The results revealed a significant negative correlation between married women's marital burnout and optimism and sexual self-efficacy (p < 0.01), while the correlation was revealed to be significantly positive between the married women's marital burnout and loneliness (p < 0.01). In fact, couple burnout in married women is correlated respectively with these variables: optimism, sexual self-efficacy and loneliness.
Conclusion: It seems that increasing optimism and sexual self-efficacy and decreasing loneliness lead to reduction in couple burnout.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 22, Issue 2
March and April 2020
Pages 99-104

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