Sexual function of women with children and without children and its relationship to attachment styles

Sexual intercourse is a natural desire in appropriate family environment so that accepting and satisfying it is effective in family system. But following the delivery (childbirth) due to its special conditions, sexual behavior undergoes some changes and such changes as decreased sexual desire occur among females who first experience the maternity In this study 120 married women (60 with children and 60 without child), aged 20-30, were selected using nonrandom sampling from Health centers and maternity wards. The findings indicated that the women who haven’t yet experienced pregnancy and childbearing, outperformed sexual intercourse (p=0.017). In contrast among the married women with children, those with safe attachment have more sexual satisfaction; so there is a meaningful relationship between attachment style and sexual performance. That is, decreased sexual performance in females with children results in insecure attachment style (Avoidant and Ambivalent) indicating that attachment styles play a key role in sexual performance.

: decreased sexual desire, pregnancy, attachment styles, women with children, women without children.