Sexual satisfaction in Iranian fertile couples : psychometric properties

Background: Sexual satisfaction considered as one of the main physiological needs, with significant impact on the health of individuals and society. The development of a specific questionnaire for measuring sexual satisfaction among Iranian couples is essential in order to understand this concept better and dealing with crises and issues arising from it. The current study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian Version of Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire in couples in 2013.Methods: In this methodological study, 150 Iranian couples living in Qazvin completed the 25- item Larson s sexual satisfaction questionnaire. Reliability was determined by the calculation of Cronbach s alpha coefficient and intra-class correlation coefficients. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were done by SPSS-AMOS22.Result: Cronbach s alpha values for all positives and negative items were above 0.70. A three-factor solutions produced that explained more than 42.73% of the data using exploratory principal components analysis with Varimax orthogonal rotation and an eigenvalue cut-off of 1.0. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the final factor construct of Larson sexual Satisfaction questionnaire.Conclusion: Persian version of Larson Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire has suitable validity and reliability to be used among the Iranian couples. The factor analysis demonstrated that Larson Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire has a multi-dimensional structure. With consideration of the proper psychometric characteristics, this questionnaire can be used to measure sexual satisfaction in this population.

کلیدواژه ها:

Reliability ، Validity ، Larson sexual satisfaction questionnaire