The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Sex Guilt Among Iranian Women

AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the relationship between sex guilt and attachment styles. The data presented here were obtained from a total of 192 married Iranian women who were selected via a multi-cluster sampling method from three universities in Tehran. The subjects’ socio-demographic data, attachment styles (Adult Attachment Styles Index), and sex guilt (Mosher Revised Sex-Guilt Inventory) was gathered. Findings showed significant relationships between sex guilt and secure attachment style (r=−0.265, p<0.01), Insecure-ambivalent attachment style (r=0.241, p<0.01) and insecure-avoidant attachment style (r=0.257, p<0.01). Also there were significant relationships between sex guilt and age (r=0.438, p<0.01) and marital duration (r=0.345, p