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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Aim and Background: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) is a chronic disease with relapsing and remitting periods. As it can make disabilities in patients' physical activities, MS can affect patients' psycho-social status to various degrees. The aim of this study was to evaluate attitudes of patients with MS towards the impacts of the disease on their social and sexual activities. Method and Materials: One hundred patients with a diagnosis of MS hospitalized in Az'zahra Hospital in 2006-2007 were selected through a simple randomized sampling. Data was collected using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) as well as two other researcher-made questionnaires to assess patients' attitudes. Data was analyzed by SPSS-12 software using t-test and ANOVA. Findings: The mean score of patients' attitude toward the adverse impacts of MS on their social & sexual activities were 23.64 and 14.23 respectively (the mean scores of the tests are 24 for impacts on social activities and 12 for impacts on sexual activities) . According to the results, patients with MS believed that the disease has had a moderate impact on their social activities but a relatively high adverse impact on their sexual ones. Conclusion: Patients with MS viewed the disease as moderately disturbing for their social activities and highly interfering with their sexual life. There were significant differences in this regard according to sex and depression co-morbidity.

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Aim and Background: Achieve coherent identity is effective in many dimensions of life&nbsp; and many factors are effective in it . for this ,&nbsp; Study&nbsp; about&nbsp; effective&nbsp; factors at&nbsp; identity status&nbsp; in students is necessary and aim of this study&nbsp; is Prediction of identity statuses in high school female / male students which relate with other sex friend based in&nbsp; their demographic and psychological characters in Tehran city. Method and Materials: The design of research was crossection with correlational method in population of high school students that was studying in 1385 in Tehran city that ralate with other sex&nbsp; friend . The sample&nbsp; in this study contained 200 students (101 males and 99 females ) that they choosed by avalailable sampling . Data achived with 2 quastionaire: Extended Objective Measure Ego Identity Status and&nbsp; Sternberg love scale and analysed their with descriptive and inferential statistic (multiple analyses of regression) . Findings: The results showed for achieved identity any of variables didn&rsquo;t show meaningful relationship. Gender variable with moratorium identity&nbsp; ( P<0/01 , F=13/857) , birthday, passion intimacy and gender variables with&nbsp; foreclosure identity, ( P< 0/01 , F= 4/595) intimacy and passion variables with&nbsp; diffusion identity were&nbsp; meaningful ( P< 0/01 , F= 16/648). Conclusions: The results showed, some of demographic and psychological characters are effective in identity statuses

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Aim and Background: The aim of this study was to determine the statistical correlation between personality characteristics and spiritual intelligence in a group of students of Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran. Methods and Materials: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in 2010-2011. A total number of 284 (130 males and 154 females) undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students of Isfahan University were selected by cluster random sampling method. The participants were evaluated using NEO Personality Inventory and a spiritual intelligence scale. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and regression analysis. Findings: Among the five personality factors, neuroticism had a negative correlation with spiritual intelligence (P < 0.001). In contrast, spiritual intelligence was positively correlated with extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness (P < 0.001). Multiple correlations were also found between the three mentioned factors and spiritual intelligence (F = 16.63). . Conclusions: This study indicated the role of personality characteristics in spiritual intelligence. Among the five personality factors, extraversion, agreeableness and above all conscientiousness were predictors of spiritual intelligence. Therefore, personality characteristics need to be evaluated as predictors of spiritual intelligence.

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Abstract Aim and Background: &nbsp;This study investigated the relationships between sexual assertiveness as showing a strong and confident personality in sexual relation and marital conflicts between couples. &nbsp; Methods and Materials: &nbsp;During a correlational study a random sample of married women, (N=225) who were living in Zarrin Shahr (Isfahan province) in 1393 were selected. They answered Hulbert sexual assertiveness and Bagher Sanai Marital Conflict questionnaires. Pearson correlation coefficient analysis with SPSS 19 conducted. Findings: &nbsp;Analysing the data &nbsp; showed that there is a significant negative correlation - 0/203 between sexual assertiveness and marital conflict (P<0.05). The correlation between sexual assertiveness and decreasing sexual relations -0.131, increased exciting reactions -0.149, separating financial affairs -0/188, and reducing effective relations -0.249 was significant. (P<0.05). The strongest relation was observed between sexual assertiveness and reducing effective relations. &nbsp; Conclusions: &nbsp;our findings suggest that with decreasing sexual assertiveness, marital conflict for our participant increases. Further quantitative studies with greater sample size and qualitative researches in Iranian cities with more conservative sexual norms are warranted to evaluate the relationship between these two variables. We believe that development of courses of sex education and assertiveness based on Iranian Islamic norms will be useful for improvement of women&#039;s sexual assertiveness and decreasing marital conflict in their families.

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Abstract Aim and Background: Romantic relationships among adolescences serve as social developmental duty, might be normal or abnormal regarding on cultural context. The aim of the present research was to investigate the frequency, attitude and demographic correlates of heterosexual relationships among Tabriz payam noor university students. Methods and Materials: The current study was conducted in survey context. A group of 444 normal participants took part in research. Findings: Results indicated that 47/3% of cases had heterosexual friendships, with more incidences among males. Attitudes of male were more positive than females. Students that evaluated them as low on religious beliefs acquired more positive attitudes in order to heterosexual relationships. There are positive relation between using internet/satellite on free time and heterosexual friendships. Student believed that experiencing heterosexual friendships affected marriage low or moderately. They believed that same relations have moderate or more negative psychological affect and little positive psychological affects. According to students, girls experience more affective outcomes than boys in ending heterosexual friendships.   Conclusions: Results were discussed in light of previous researches and cultural variations in heterosexual relationships.  

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Aim and Background: The purpose of the present study was the prediction of sexual dysfunctions based on components of sexual beliefs including sexual conservatism, sexual desire and pleasure as a sin, age-related beliefs, body image beliefs, denying affection primacy, and motherhood primacy among married female students in Ahvaz, Iran. Methods and Materials: The research method used was correlational. The statistical population consisted of all married female students of universities in Ahvaz in 2015, from among which 200 participants were selected through convenience sampling. The data gathering tools used included the Female Sexual Dysfunction Index (Rosen et al.), Sexual Dysfunctional Beliefs Inventory (Nober). Data were analyzed using stepwise discriminant analysis in SPSS software. Findings: Data analysis showed that linear combination of the variables of sexual conservatism, sexual desire and pleasure as a sin, age-related beliefs, body image beliefs, denying affection primacy, and motherhood primacy can predict sexual dysfunction among married female students with 78.5% accuracy. The most efficient predictor of sexual dysfunction was the sexual desire and pleasure as a sin variable with the significance level of 0.001. Conclusions: Beliefs as a personal attitude have an important role in individuals’ sexual dysfunctions. Thus, beliefs must be considered as an important factor in the counseling and treatment of people with sexual dysfunctions.

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Aim and Background: Healthy sexual function is a sign of physical and mental health and creates a mutual sense of pleasure among couples. Due to the importance of women's sexual and psychological processes, the aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on sexual function, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness in women of 20-50 years of age in Isfahan, Iran. Methods and Materials: This study was conducted with pretest-posttest and 1 month follow-up. The study subjects were 20 married women who referred to women’s parturition and psychiatric clinics in Isfahan and had been diagnosed with sexual dysfunction based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 th edition (DSM-5) in the spring of 2015. The subjects were assigned to two groups (n = 10). The experimental group received 10 sessions (each session lasted 45 minutes) of ACT and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data collection tools consisted of a demographic questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (Rosen et al.), Sexual Self-Consciousness Scale (SSCS) (van Lankveld et al.), and Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness (HISA). Findings: ACT was effective on improvement of sexual function, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness (P < 0.05). Conclusions: According to the results, ACT can be used for improvement of sexual function, sexual self-consciousness, and sexual assertiveness.

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Aim and Background: The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire (MSISQ-15) in a sample population of Iranian patients. Methods and Materials: This was a descriptive-correlational study with a population of patients afflicted with multiple sclerosis from North Khorasan provinces, Iran. A number of 92 patients (46 women and 36 men) were chosen as the sample population. Patients with multiple sclerosis referred to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of North Khorasan during two months were selected using convenience sampling method, and completed the Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-15 (MSISQ-15), Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-19 (MSISQ-19), and Sexual Partner Intimacy Scale. The collected data were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, split-half method, Pearson correlation, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Findings: The analysis of the main factors with a promax rotation and a variance of 70.55 supported 3 factors of the main ones. The positive correlation between sub-scales of MSISQ-15 and MSISQ-19 was indicative of convergent validity. Of the other hands, the negative correlation pattern in the MSISQ-15 dimensions with the Sexual Partner Intimacy Scale was indicative of divergence validity. Finally, the Cronbach’s Alpha with a range of 0.88-0.89 for the MSISQ-15 dimensions, and the 0.92 quotient for the entire scale indicated the positive reliability of the questionnaire. Conclusions: The Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire (MSISQ-15) enjoyed an appropriate reliability and validity in with multiple sclerosis from North Khorasan provinces in Iran.

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Aim and Background: Obesity is the cause of many physical and psychological problems. The present study aimed to compare the effect of three methods of aerobic exercise, Kegel, and combinatorial (aerobic and Kegel), on body image, and sexual and marital satisfaction in obese women. Methods and Materials: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. 60 obese women with an age range of 35 to 40 years, and body mass index of higher than 30 kg/m 2 , were selected through convenience sampling method. They were randomly divided into three experimental groups of aerobic, Kegel, and combinatorial, and one control group. Experimental groups participated in their sports activities for eight weeks. The research tools consisted of Fisher Body Image, Yavari Sexual Satisfaction, and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale. The validity and reliability of all four questionnaires had been examined and confirmed in Iran before. Findings: The positive effects of all three exercises on sexual and marital satisfaction were approved using the covariance analysis. In addition, the effects of combined training on sexual and marital satisfaction were more than the other two method of practice. Aerobic and combined exercises improved body image, but the Kegel exercise did not have a significant effect on body image. Conclusions: Physical activity is recommended to increase sexual and marital satisfaction in obese women.

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Aim and Background: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) in women with sexual dysfunctions resistant to common sex therapy (cognitive-behavioral and bio-medical), and evaluate improvement maintenance in follow-up. Methods and Materials: This study was based on a single-subject research design which consisted of screening and intervention. 5 patients entered the study with several inclusion criteria, and therapeutic screening was performed among female clients with sexual dysfunctions in Tehran, Iran. The participants underwent intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Data were collected using Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQOL-F) questionnaire, and Subjective Evaluation of Partner’s Sexual Function (SEOPSF) scale. Findings: Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy, in comparison to common sex therapy, improved sexual function among the participoants, and moveed them above the normal cut-off point. Moreover, this change led to significant promotion of their sexual quality of life. The trend of changes, when the first breakthrough to the unconscious occurred in a subject, showed considerable growth which could be the evidence for psychodynamic etiology of sexual dysfunction. The promotion of sexual function and sexual quality of life in subjects was remarkable during the 8 th week follow-up session. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that in such a condition, contemporary dynamic psychotherapy with an integrative, intensive, and short-term nature can be known as a suitable alternative for common sex therapy, and the intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy seems to be the best choice in this regard.

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Aim and Background: Behavioral problems can affect sexual behavior. Therefore, this study aimed to predict sexual function and female sexual self-efficacy based on the components of behavioral problems. Methods and Materials: In this descriptive-analytical design study, 210 married women students aged 18 to 50 years in Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tarbiat Modares University, and University of Tehran, Iran, were selected using availability sampling method. The data were collected using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Vaziri-Lotfi Sexual Self Efficacy Questionnaire, (SSEQ) and Symptoms Checklist-90 revised (SCL-90-R), and were analyzed using Pearson correlation statistical method and Stepwise regression analysis. Findings: There was a negative and significant relationship between the general index of symptoms and the components of physical complaints, obsession, individual sensitivity, depression, anxiety, aggression, phobia, paranoia, and psychosis with sexual function and sexual self-efficacy (P < 0.05 for all). Among the studied components, depression, physical complaints, and psychosis were able to predict sexual function and sexual self-efficacy in women. In total, physical complaints explained 9.25% of the variance and sexual variability in women, and depression and psychosis predicted 17.4% of variance and variability in female sexual self-efficacy. Conclusions: Signs of behavioral problems have a significant role in predicting sexual function and sexual self-efficacy in women. Considering signs of behavioral problems in diagnosing and treating sexual problems, can provide effective diagnosis and treatment.

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Aim and Background: Hypersexual disorder is defined as many unsuccessful attempts by individuals to control or reduce the time spent engaging in sexual fantasies, tendencies, and behaviors that are responsive to frustrating mood situations or stressful events. The purpose of this study was to predict hypersexual disorder in university students based on the big five personality traits. Methods and Materials: In this descriptive research, 320 students in Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran, were randomly selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method based on the faculty and class in the academic year of 2016-2017. The participants completed the Hypersexual Behavior Inventory (HBI) and the NEO Personality Inventory. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Pearson correlation tests, and multiple linear regressions. Findings: Hypersexual disorder had a negative and significant relationship with the dimensions of agreeableness (P ˂ 0.01, r = -0.29) and conscientiousness (P < 0.05, r = -0.12), and had a positive and significant relationship with neuroticism (P < 0.01, r = 0.46). Moreover, the big five personality traits (R 2 = 23.9%) could favorably predict the hypersexual disorder in the university students; and personality dimensions of agreeableness and neuroticism were able to predict the variance of hypersexual disorder in university students. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate the necessity of considering personality dimensions of agreeableness and neuroticism in hypersexual disorder among university students.

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Aim and Background: In the recent years, the percentage of people diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) through sexual relations has grown dramatically. Since AIDS infection is associated with risky behaviors, to prevent illness, understanding the reasons for the growth of high-risk behaviors is essential. The aim of this study was to predict risky sexual behaviors related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) based on difficulties in emotion regulation in substance users. Methods and Materials: This study was descriptive-correlational. Statistical population included substance users referred to addiction treatment and rehabilitation centers in Shiraz, Iran, that 200 of them were selected by convenient sampling. The criterion variable was risky sexual behavior and the predictor variable was difficulties in emotion regulation which were assessed by HIV Risk-taking Behavior Scale (HRBS) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), respectively. Data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression. Findings:  All dimensions of difficulties in emotion regulation had a significant positive relationship with risky sexual behaviors (P < 0.01). Among other subscales of difficulties in emotional regulation, non-acceptance and limited access to effective strategies of emotion regulation were predictors of risky sexual behaviors. Conclusions: It can be concluded that difficulties in emotional regulation can predict risky sexual behavior in substance users and can lead to more vulnerability to such behaviors. This result will be useful in designing interventions to reduce risky sexual behavior.

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Aim and Backgrounds: Communication patterns of couples are meant the dynamics of the couples’ relationships. The communication patterns determine that couples how to communicate together and what happen in their marital relationships. It seems that disruptive patterns to have a devastating effect on marital relationship. The aim of the research was to study of the role of communication patterns, aggression, and sexual satisfaction in predicting dyadic adjustment. Methods and Material: To gain of this aim a sample with 300 of employees of government departments of Isfahan through accessible method. The research method was descriptive from type of correlation. Data gathering was conduct in field method and using Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ), Buss and Perry’s Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), Sexual Satisfaction Scale (SSQ), and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Questionnaire (RDAS). Analyzing the data was carrying out by multiple Regression. Results: Findings showed that aggression, communication patterns, and sexual satisfaction have significant role in predicting the dyadic adjustment. Discussion & Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that good relationships and high sexual satisfaction among couples can lead to dyadic adjustment.

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Aim and Backgrounds : This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Cognitive Self-Compassion Training on Reduction of Marital Conflicts among couples who were seeking divorce. Material and Methods : Research method was semi-experimental using pretest, posttest and quarterly follow up with control group .Statistical population consisted of all the couples seeking divorce who were referred to the counseling centers of “ Welfare Organization” “Family Court” and private centers in Shahreza city since  April to October 2017 (N=300 couples). Of these, 30 couples were selected using available sampling. Selection was based on couple’s voluntary agreement to participate in the study, considering the entry indicators and exit criteria. Participants were then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=15). Then Cognitive Self-Compassion Training Program was performed for 10 sessions of 90 minutes twice a week on experimental group. Research instrument was Sanai Martial Conflict Questionnaire Revise (2009). Data were analyzed by mixed analysis variance. Findings : Results indicated that Cognitive Self-Compassion Training significantly decreased marital conflicts of couples in experimental group in comparison of the control group (F=110.108, P=0.001) and this effectiveness has remained stable over the course of the quarterly follow-up (F= 39.40, P= 0.001). Conclusion : Therefore, it can be suggested that applying this intervention can be verified as an effective strategy to reduce the marital conflicts of couples seeking divorce in other counseling centers.

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Aim and Background: The expansion of internet and creation of social networks in its context, has caused a lot of interactions among people. Relationship with different sex is one of the phenomenon which is very common through cyberspace so that today these relationships has also been extended to adolescence. The purpose of this study was to study the pathology of relationship with different sex in virtual social networks to get a deeper understanding of it in adolescents. Methods and Materials: The research method was qualitative and descriptive phenomenology. Semi-structured interviews and Colaizzi method were used to collection and analyzing data. The sample consisted of 11 students aged 14-16 years old in one of the high schools of Tehran 18th district which were selected through purposeful sampling. Findings: Interviews analysis led to the identification of 3 main themes contains, experience with different sex, sexual corruption and traumatic consequences and 11 categories contains, motivations for communication, relationship modeling with different sex, variety of relationships, competition for takeover, strengthening relationship, sexual communication, promoting sexual corruption, sexual harm, social harm, and personal injury and 73 initial concepts. Conclusions: The results showed virtual social networks facilitates and strengthen the communication with different sexes and provides the context for their real-world communication and its harmful consequences.

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Aim and Background: The first years of marriage are the most enjoyable and, at the same time, the most difficult and most risky periods of Common life of couples. Therefore, the current research was done with the aim of examining the effectiveness of Group training based on choice theory on marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction of couples. Methods and Materials : This research is a semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of the research includes all couples in first year of their common life who suffered from marital problems and sexual dissatisfaction and in 2016 they went to the Basirat Clinic of counseling and assisting in Isfahan. From this population, 20 couples (20 women and 20 men) were selected by voluntary sampling method and after matching were randomly assigned to experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The subjects of experimental group received eight sessions of training based on the theory of choice, however, the control group did not receive any training. The questionnaires of Spanier's marital adjustment (1976) and Larsson's sexual satisfaction (1998) were distributed before and after educational interventions as pretest and posttest on all subjects. The findings of the research were analyzed with Multivariate Analysis of Covariance and SPSS-18 software. Findings: The findings indicated that there is a significant difference between the mean of posttest scores of the marital adjustment (F= 12/32, P<0/01) and sexual satisfaction (F= 8/66, P<0/01) for experiment and control groups after adjusting the covariate effect of the pretest. However, there was no significant difference between the mean scores of marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction of male and female participants (P>0/05). Conclusions: It seems that group training based on choice theory, can help improve marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction of couples by informing couples of basic needs, external control psychology, and the use of seven loving habits instead of destructive habits.

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Aim and Background: The occurrence of sexual behavior by young people with intellectual disability can create many problems for families and teachers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the sexual behaviors of adolescents with intellectual disability from the viewpoint of parents and teachers.

Material and Methods: This research was a comparative causative method and the community studied was all teachers and parents of intellectual disable adolescent students in Tehran, 50 parents and 50 teachers were selected by available sampling method and they were evaluated by a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed by independent T-test by using SPSS software.

Findings: There was a significant difference between the reports of parents and teachers (P>.001). Parents report that 30 percent of their children touch their personal body in a public place and 32 percent of this behavior was toward someone else. Teachers have also reported that students tend to touch their own body in a 38 percent in public place and touch 44 percent toward someone else. 

Conclusion: The occurrence of sexual behaviors in young people with intellectual disability was very diverse due to the lack of information resources, cognitive limitations and cultural and social values of the family. And from the perspective of parents and teachers, they show inappropriate behaviors. Parents' denial was also reported.

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Aim and Background: High levels of sexual risk behaviors in young adults constitute a major public health concern and understanding the transition to risky behaviors during emerging adulthood is a challenge for researchers. The present research was aimed to investigate the mediating role of the cognitive emotion regulation strategies in relationship between attachment styles with high-risky sexual behaviors in students of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz.

Methods and Materials: In this correlation and descriptive study with structural equation modeling approach, among all students of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz in the academic year of 2018-2019, 747 students were selected by random cluster sampling method. Data were collected by Risky Sexual Behaviors Questionnaire (RSBQ), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Qquestionnaire (CERQ) and Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and then, were analyzed by SPSS and Lisrel software and using structural equation modeling.

Findings: The results showed that the relationship between attachment style and risky sexual behaviors questionnaire is mediated by cognitive emotion regulation strategies. The rate of fit indices of GFI was equal to 0.95, CFI was equal to 0.98, NFI was equal to 0.97, IFI was equal to 0.98, NNFI was equal to 0.98, AGFI was equal to 0.93, RFI was equal to 0.97 and RMSEA was equal to 0.061, all of which indicated the fitting of the proposed model with the data. The findings also showed that 50% of the variance observed in high-risk sexual behaviors can be explained by combining attachment styles variables, positive emotion regulation strategies, and negative emotion regulation strategies.

Conclusions: The findings of study supported the proposed conceptual model in which the relationship between childhood trauma and fear of happiness was mediated through positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies. So considering the role of these predictors and the mediators by professionals, therapists and planners appears to be necessary in work with students and specifically in counseling and treatment centers.

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Aim and Background: The attitude of parents to their children's sexual education has an effect on their sexual behavior and interaction with their children. No specific measurement tool has ever been developed to evaluate and measure this matter. The aim of present study was to develop a parental sexual education style questionnaire and determine its psychometric criteria.

Methods and Materials: The used research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of present study included parents residing in Behshahr city with children ranging in age from 4 to 12 years old. Among them, 500 individuals were selected as sample. The required data were gathered through three questionnaires including Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ), Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) and Parental Sexual Education Style Questionnaire (PSEQ). The gathered data were analyzed using Cranach’s alpha coefficient, correlation coefficient, confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis.

Findings: Three factors were extracted from the results of confirmatory factor analysis, including strict sexual education style, permissive sexual education style and authoritative education style. In general, all 3 factors were able to explain 50.32% of variance related to 33 items of the questionnaire. The value of Cranach’s alpha coefficient was obtained equal to 0.751 for whole of the questionnaire. Also, the value of Cranach’s alpha for the first three components was equal to 0.739, 0.765 and 0.751, respectively. The Varimax rotation matrix showed that all questions are applicable to the extracted styles.

Conclusions: Parental sexual education styles questionnaire has proper reliability and validity, and can be used as a useful tool for measuring parental sexual education styles.