Ravanshenasi & Din

Sexual satisfaction is one of the most important issues in the married life of couples and is the basis for more peace and affection of couples and family strength. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of sexual education based on Islamic teachings on the sexual satisfaction of couples. The research design is "semi-experimental" and pre-test-post-test and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all the couples who referred to the counseling center "Mawa" in Qom city, who wanted to participate in educational sessions in order to improve their sexual satisfaction. The research sample consisted of 14 eligible couples who were selected by "available sampling" method and were randomly placed into two intervention and control groups. The data collection tool was Larson's "Sexual Satisfaction" questionnaire (1998), which was completed by the participants in the pre-test and post-test phases with follow-up (two months). 10 one-hour sex education sessions with two sessions per week for the intervention group have been implemented. Using SPSS.19 software and analysis of covariance method data were analyzed. The results showed that sexual education based on Islamic teachings has significantly increased the sexual satisfaction of men (F=86.557 and P=0.001) and women's sexual satisfaction (F=18.475 and P=0.001) of the intervention group. Also, sexual education based on Islamic teachings is effective in promoting sexual satisfaction.