The Correlation between Spiritual Health and Sexual Self-Efficacy in Pregnant Women
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2022),
18 Shahrivar 2022
,
Page 68-79
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v8i3.34092
Abstract
Background and Objective: Spiritual health is one of the four dimensions of human health and is an effective factor in promoting health. Sexual self-efficacy is associated with one's belief in the ability to function effectively and adapt to their partner, a form of self-assessment and self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between spiritual health and sexual self-efficacy in pregnant women referring to Sanandaj health centers in 2019.
Methods: The current study is descriptive cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study included pregnant women referring to health/ treatment centers in Sanandaj (28 centers and 35 bases) in 2018. The sample size, as calculated based on Cochran's formula, was 384 people, who were randomly selected by random cluster sampling method out of the mentioned women. Data collection instruments were a demographic information checklist, Narenji’s Spiritual Health Questionnaire, Waziri and Lotfi Kashani’s Sexual Self-efficacy and Enrich’s Marital Satisfaction questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (t-tests, regression and Pearson correlation) statistics. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors did not report any conflict of interests.
Results: The results showed that the mean score related to spiritual health of pregnant women was 310/0±4/33. The mean score for sexual self-efficacy in pregnant women was 458/0±4/26. Analysis of variance results showed a significant relationship between spiritual health and its dimensions with sexual self-efficacy (r=0.72) (P<0.05). Spiritual health could also predict sexual self-efficacy in pregnant women. The results of regression showed that spiritual health in pregnancy could explain 51% of the variance in sexual self-efficacy in pregnant women.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that sexual self-efficacy and spiritual health of the sample population were in good conditions. Spiritual health also had a positive effect on sexual self-efficacy.
- Pregnant women; Sexual self-efficacy; Spiritual health
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