title: Effect of Attachment Styles to Parents on Sexual Dysfunction Domains of Married Women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  According to Bowbly attachment theory, attachment of a baby and its main care provider, influences on social growth and the baby's feelings throughout its life. The present study was performed aim to determine the effect of attachment style to parents on domains of sexual dysfunction in married women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was carried out on two hundred married women who were fertile, and referred private and governmental gynecology clinics in Mashhad, Iran, in 2014. Data collection tools were three questionnaires; Demographic and marital questionnaire, Female sexual function index questionnaire, and Adult attachment style questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 (IBM© SPSS© Statistics version 20 using independent-samples t-test and logistic regression. The statistical tests were performed at the 95% confidence interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean of safe attachment style to parents in all aspect of sexual dysfunction was significantly lower (p≤0.01), however, mean of distant attachment style to parents in all aspects of sexual dysfunction was significantly higher (p≤0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Secure and distance attachment style to the mother showed maximum power of prediction for sexual dysfunction, which indicates the importance of attachment to parents and its impact on adult relationships.
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. of Midwifery, Faculty Member, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University of Karaj, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Anvar Sadat Nayebi
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nia
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. of Midwifery, Faculty Member, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Parvin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. Student of Reproductive Health, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasibeh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharifi
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Associate Professor, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Hadi Jabbari
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Nooghani
keywords: Attachment; Childhood; Female; Sexual dysfunction