In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology

Document Type : research

Authors

1 Student of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit

2 Assistant Professor at Payam Noor University in Tehran

3 Student of Islamic Azad University, Department of Electronics

4 student of Karaj Islamic Azad University

Abstract

Personality disorders can play a significant role in creating and perpetuating sexual function problems in women. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between personality patterns and types of female orgasms. The method of the present study was correlational, and a sample of 400 women in Tehran was selected by convenience sampling method. Tests used to collect data were Millon 3 questionnaires (MCMI-III), Women's Sexual Function Questionnaire (FSFI), and Orgasm Scale Assessment (ORS). According to the results, the highest disorder was related to the satisfaction subscale, and the lowest percentage of the research sample was in the orgasm subscale (25.9%) in the subscales of desire, arousal, humidity, and pain, respectively. The percentage of the research sample was 31, 32, 26.3, and 31.4%. According to the results, the narcissism and negativity subscales had a significant relationship with the types of orgasm (P <0.05) and the other subscales had no significant relationship. According to the results of logistic regression, avoidance, sadism, and borderline subscales were able to predict the types of orgasms and the coefficients of other paths in the regression model did not have significant coefficients (P <0.05).

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Article Title [Persian]

بررسی رابطه بین الگوهای شخصیتی و انواع ارگاسم در زنان

Authors [Persian]

  • پریسا پاکسرشت 1
  • افشین صلاحیان 2
  • مریم محمدی 3
  • مهشید محمدی 4

1 دانشجو دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات

2 استادیار دانشگاه پیام نور تهران

3 دانشجوی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد الکترونیک

4 دانشجوی دانشگاه آاد اسلامی کرج

Abstract [Persian]

Personality disorders can play a significant role in creating and perpetuating sexual function problems in women. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between personality patterns and types of female orgasms. The method of the present study was correlational, and a sample of 400 women in Tehran was selected by convenience sampling method. Tests used to collect data were Millon 3 questionnaires (MCMI-III), Women's Sexual Function Questionnaire (FSFI), and Orgasm Scale Assessment (ORS). According to the results, the highest disorder was related to the satisfaction subscale, and the lowest percentage of the research sample was in the orgasm subscale (25.9%) in the subscales of desire, arousal, humidity, and pain, respectively. The percentage of the research sample was 31, 32, 26.3, and 31.4%. According to the results, the narcissism and negativity subscales had a significant relationship with the types of orgasm (P <0.05) and the other subscales had no significant relationship. According to the results of logistic regression, avoidance, sadism, and borderline subscales were able to predict the types of orgasms and the coefficients of other paths in the regression model did not have significant coefficients (P <0.05).

Keywords [Persian]

  • personality
  • personality disorder
  • orgasm
  • sexual function
  • sexual health
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