Effects of stress management and relationship-enrichment counseling on sexual and marital satisfaction of working women with high occupational stress

Autor: Leily Kazemi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Khalil Esmaeilpour, Mahin Kamalifard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Education and Health Promotion, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 13-13 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2277-9531
2319-6440
DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1402_22
Popis: 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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