Maryam Ofsieh Zadeh; Azadeh Farghadani; Fatemeh Shaterian Mohammadi
Abstract
Introduction: This study aimed at modeling sexual assertiveness in married women based on behavioral systems with the mediating role of social exchange styles.
Methods: This study was conducted using a correlational design. The statistical population was all married female students of Islamic Azad University, ...
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Introduction: This study aimed at modeling sexual assertiveness in married women based on behavioral systems with the mediating role of social exchange styles.
Methods: This study was conducted using a correlational design. The statistical population was all married female students of Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. A total of 300 students were selected using purposive sampling. The participants completed the Hulbert Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire (1992), the Carver and White's BIS/BAS scales (1994), and the Leybman's Social Exchange Styles Questionnaire (2011). Data were analyzed based on structural equations.
Results: Results showed that behavioral inhibition has a significant negative effect on sexual assertiveness (p<0.01). In addition, in the analysis of indirect effects, the behavioral activation system had a positive effect on sexual assertiveness through fairness (p<0.01), tracking (p<0.01), and individualism (p<0.05) and the behavioral inhibition system hurt sexual assertiveness of women through overinvestment, benefit-seeking, fairness and Individualism (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Behavioral activation and inhibition can point to the different functions of social exchange styles in sexual assertiveness in women. Therefore examining the mediating role of social exchange Styles provides more detailed information about the impact of this variable on different dimensions of sexual relations in women.