The Coping Capacity of Marriage-Awaiting Youth for Sexual Behavior Regulation with an Islamic-Based approach: Developing the Protocol, and its feasibility to Enhancing Sexual Self-Restraint

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1 Assistant Professor of Islamic Psychology, Research Institute of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran.

2 Ph.D. Psychology, Research Institute of Hawzah and University, Qom, Iran.

3 Master's degree in Positive Islamic Psychology, University of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a coping intervention method based on the Islamic model of sexual behavior regulation to enhance sexual self-restraint among young adults awaiting marriage (aged 21–35). To this end, the objectives, techniques, and tasks of the intervention method were designed, its content validity was assessed, and its effectiveness in increasing sexual self-restraint was evaluated. Expert opinions were utilized to examine the content validity of the intervention method. To assess the effectiveness of the therapeutic protocol, a single-case experimental design with a multiple baseline and a sample of three young adults was employed. The techniques and tasks of the coping intervention based on the Islamic model of sexual behavior regulation, were developed in five steps. The content validity of the protocol was confirmed for all strategies and some operational objectives, techniques, and tasks based on the evaluations of six experts. In the single-case experimental design, findings showed that all three participants exhibited an increasing and improving trend in the sexual self-restraint scale (79%) following the intervention administration. Visual analysis revealed 100% non-overlapping data for the second participant and 83% for the first participant on the sexual self-restraint scale, indicating the intervention's effectiveness. A significant portion of the changes observed, persisted during the one-month and three-month follow-up periods. The results suggest that the therapeutic protocol based on the Islamic model of sexual behavior regulation is an effective coping intervention method for enhancing sexual self-restraint.

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Islam and Psychological Research
Volume 11, Issue 23 - Serial Number 23
December 2025
Pages 197-226

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  • Receive Date: 10 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 25 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 26 January 2025

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