Investigation of the relationship between sexual satisfaction, body perception and eating attitudes in women

The main purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between sexual satisfaction, body image and eating attitude in women. Another aim is to determine sexual satisfaction, body image and eating attitude characteristics; It is to investigate whether it differs according to sociodemographic variables. The research was carried out in accordance with the relational screening model. A total of 254 people, 120 married and 134 single, residing in various districts of Istanbul participated in the research. Questionnaire method was used to collect the information of the participants. The questionnaires used are Golombok-Rust Sexual Satisfaction Scale, Body Perception Scale, Eating Attitude Test and Sociodemographic Data Form. SPSS (Statistical Package Program for Social Sciences) 25 package programs were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the examinations, parametric and non-parametric tests required for the analyzes were decided. ANOVA, Independent Groups T-test, Pearson Correlation Analysis were used to analyze the data. Scheffe and Tamhane T2 post hoc tests were used to determine which groups differed after the ANOVA analysis. According to the findings obtained in the research results, a relationship was found between sexual satisfaction, body image and eating attitude. As sexual satisfaction increases, body and eating satisfaction also increase. .In addition, it was concluded that the scale scores (GRCDÖ, BAÖ and YTT) differed according to some sociodemographic variables and did not differ in others.