[ effect of sexual cognitive-behavioral therapy on females' sexual knowledge, sexual attitude, and sexual self-confidence. A case study in Shiraz, Iran]

ABSTRACT

Knowledge and attitude about sex are very important elements in sexual dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to study the effectiveness of sexual cognitive-behavioral therapy on improvement of sexual knowledge, sexual attitude, and sexual self-confidence in women. This was a quasi-experimental study with pre- and post test and a control group. Thirty married women were selected through simple random sampling method and assigned into experimental and control groups. The Sexual knowledge questionnaire [Ann Hooper]; the Sexual Self-Confidence Questionnaire [Ann Hooper] and the Sexual Attitude Questionnaire [Khushabi and Valaie] were used for data collecting. The experimental group received sexual cognitive-behavioral therapy while the control group was in the waiting list. The results showed that interventions were effective in women sexual knowledge [p<0.0001], sexual attitude [P<0.0001], and sexual self-confidence [P<0.0001]. It was concluded that sexual cognitive-behavioral therapy could improve female sexual knowledge, sexual attitude and sexual self-confidence