Sexual Schema and Its Relationship with Sensation Seeking in Students

Sex (in fact, womanhood and manhood) is a trait affecting many mental conditions. That womenare mentally different from men and have different wants has been proved. This role index can playan important role in identifying and improving men and women’s soul. Accordingly, this study wascarried out to examine the relationship between sexual schema and sensation seeking in thestudents of Haji Abad Islamic Azad University. The statistical sample of the study consisted ofstudents studying at Haji Abad Islamic Azad University between 2013 and 2014. The samplecomprised 200 students (100 girls and 100 boys) selected by simple random sampling. Datacollection was done using Anderson and Kranovsky (1994) girls’ and boys’ sexual schema scales andZuckerman sensation seeking scale. Hypothesis testing was conducted by Pearson correlationcoefficient test and multivariate regression. Results showed that girl students’ sexual schemaexplains %14.9 of girls’ sensation seeking. Component emotional and romantic significantly (p=0.04)predicts girls’ sensation seeking. Boys’ sexual schema also explains %8 of their sensation seeking.All components of boys’ sexual schema significantly and confidently (%95) predict boy students’sensation seeking. Hence, sexual schema predicts students’ sensation seeking.

کلیدواژه ها:

Men’s Sexual Schema ، Sensation Seeking ، Women’s Sexual Schema