BODY APPRECIATION, SELF-COMPASSION, AND SEXUAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN WOMEN: THE EXAMPLE OF TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN

• Autorzy: Deniz M. Engin , Yildirim Kurtuluş Hacer , Rustamov Elnur
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Especially women, due to cultural and societal expectations, are less responsive toward erotic stimuli when they are engaged with neutral and distractive thoughts and emotions. Focusing on a task-irrelevant context during sex adversely affects functioning. Therefore, this study aims to explore the pathway from body appreciation to sexual self-consciousness in women in Turkey and Azerbaijan. In addition, the mediating role of self-compassion on this path was also explored in the study. A total of 643 women agreed to participate in the study, which included 343 women from Turkey (Age M = 32.30, SD = 8.67, range 18-58) and 300 women from Azerbaijan (Age M = 30.96, SD = .93, range 18-58). Structural equation modelling was used to test the mediating relationship between the variables. The results demonstrated that body appreciation predicts self-compassion and sexual self-consciousness in both samples and self-compassion predicts sexual self-consciousness. Furthermore, self-compassion has a mediating role in the relationship between body appreciation and sexual self-consciousness. Body satisfaction can increase women’s self-acceptance and self-compassion despite their shortcomings. The higher the self-compassion, the more women can focus on sex without being distracted.

Słowa kluczowe

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WOMEN; SELF-COMPASSION; SEXUAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; TURKEY; AZERBAIJAN

• Wydawca: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Studia Psychologica
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: 66
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 77 – 92

Twórcy

autor

Deniz M. Engin

• Faculty of Education, Yildiz Technical University, 34349, Istanbul, Turkey,

autor

Yildirim Kurtuluş Hacer

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Rustamov Elnur

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2024.01.892