اسلام و پژوهش‌های تربیتی

The present research investigates the effect of legitimate sexual relations on life satisfaction. One of the most important purposes of marriage is the mutual tranquility of spouses. This tranquility relies on several factors, the most distinct of which is legitimate sexual relations. The tranquility of matrimonial life results from legitimate sexual relations, or from the correlation between the two. The present paper aims at investigating the different kinds of sexual relations, preparing the psychological grounds for its impact on life satisfaction, the criteria for distinguishing legitimate sexual relations from illegitimate ones, pathology and preliminaries of making use of sexual relations and refraining from the harms of sexual relations. The research uses a descriptive–analytical method based on religious texts and psychological skills and techniques. The findings show that legitimate sexual relations have a significant role in the peaceful life and conformity of the spouses, sexual control and limiting it to matrimonial life, controlling leering, superiority of personality, and creating social immunity and security. Among the harmful things which pose risk to a person's peaceful life are: sexual inconsistency, one-dimensional view of it, improper limitations, confronting with one's sexual identity, reduction of sexual desire, and incorrect thought of sexual relations