Relationship of health beliefs with safe sexual behavior in married couples

Abstract

The present study has aimed to reveal the relationship between health beliefs and safe sexual
behavior, and to reveal the differences in these variables according to age, sex, among a sample of 70
Married individuals of both sexes. To achieve the goals of the study, we followed the correlational
descriptive approach, and we used two tools constructed to measure the study variables. Data for the
survey was collected and analyzed statistically using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences
(SPSS14). This study has resulted the following consequences: There is statistically significant
positive correlation between health beliefs and safe sexual behavior among marrieds. There are
statistically significant differences between sexes in health beliefs in favor of the females. There are no
statistically significant differences in health beliefs according to age. There are no statistically
significant differences in safe sexual behavior among marrieds according to sexes and age.