A Review: Investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence and sexual function among reproductive age women admitted to health centers of Isfahan in 2016 Download PDF

Introduction: Couples are faced with serious and several problems in modern society to establish and maintain marital relationships and to have desiredsexual function. Deficiency in emotional adequacies of spouses or emotional intelligence might be among the factors causing these problems, which needs research and investigation in this area. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and sexual function among reproductive age women. Method: This study was a descriptive-correlational study, in which data were collected using cross-sectional method. In this study, 223 reproductive age women admitted to health centers of Isfahan were selected as sample of study. Sampling lasted 5 months since June to September of 2016. The data were collected using researcher-developed demographic characteristic questionnaire, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Graves Emotional Intelligence Standard Questionnaire. Validity and reliability of these tools were determined by using content validity, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and the obtained findings were analyzed by using descriptive statistical tests (relative and absolute frequency distribution table) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient) by using SPSS 18 software. Results: The mean score of emotional intelligence was found 118.3 out of 168. Emotional intelligence score of women showed significant correlation with general sexual function and itsareas(P <0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: Emotional intelligence is a factor affecting sexual function, so it is recommended for officials to pay more attention to use educational programs such as training the life skills to enhance the emotional intelligence of couples in order to change their unrealistic desired thoughts.