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A Cross-sectional Study on Factors Associated with Sexual Satisfaction Among Non-working Married Women in Bengaluru

Title
A Cross-sectional Study on Factors Associated with Sexual Satisfaction Among Non-working Married Women in Bengaluru
Creator
Pious, Anu Anns; Amaresha, Anekal C.; Shankar, Ravi G.
Description
Background: Sexual satisfaction is a complex concept influenced by physical, psychological and socio-cultural factors. However, there is a lack of research on what determines sexual satisfaction among non-working married women in India. This gap hinders our understanding of how traditional gender roles, economic dependence and cultural norms affect the sexual well-being of this group. This study aims to explore the factors associated with sexual satisfaction among non-working married women in Bengaluru, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 180 non-working married women. Data were collected using the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale, the Psychological Distress Scale, the Subjective Happiness Scale and a self-prepared questionnaire on various factors related to sexual satisfaction. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used to analyse the data. Results: Factors significantly associated with non-working womens sexual satisfaction include physical factors (menstrual health difficulties, reproductive health issues and urogenital problems), psychological factors (psychological distress and subjective happiness) and socio-cultural factors (education, knowledge of sexual health at the time of marriage, type of marriage, age, age difference between couples and duration of marital life). Family-related factors (type of family, family pressure for children and exhausting household work) and couple-related characteristics (spouses smoking/drinking patterns and relationship with the spouse) were also significant. Together, these factors explained 78.6% of the variability in sexual satisfaction among non-working married women. Conclusion: The findings highlight the need for health interventions to promote healthy lifestyles and suggest changes in sexual health practices. They also indicate the need for training health professionals to address the sexual health aspects of women. Further longitudinal studies with larger samples are required to better understand the relationship between these predictors and sexual satisfaction. 2025 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Source
Journal of Psychosexual Health;Volume;7;Issue;3;pp.278-284
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Subject
human sexuality; predictors of sexual satisfaction; sexual health of women; sexual health practices and training; Women and health
Coverage
Pious A.A., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST-Deemed to be University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India, Indian Institute of Psychology and Research (IIPR), Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Amaresha A.C., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Assam, Tezpur, India; Shankar R.G., Department of Biostatistics, Dr. MV Govindaswamy Centre, NIMHANS, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India
Rights
All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 26318318;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Pious, Anu Anns; Amaresha, Anekal C.; Shankar, Ravi G., “A Cross-sectional Study on Factors Associated with Sexual Satisfaction Among Non-working Married Women in Bengaluru,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/23196.

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