en other Orginal research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span> <span new="" roman="" times="">Potential problems among couples can negatively impact the lives of the family</span><span new="" roman="" times="">. </span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><i><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;">Objectives:</span> </span></i></b><span new="" roman="" times="">The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between sensation-seeking, gender role conflict, and novelty-seeking in married men with the mediating role of sexual function.</span></span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b> </span><span style="color:black">This was a correlational study performed by path analysis. The statistical population comprised all married men in Bushehr (Iran) who visited marriage counseling centers in 2020. A total of 384 married men were selected as the sample using convenience sampling. The research tools included the Zuckerman Sensation-seeking Scale-V, the Gender Role Conflict Scale, Justification for Extramarital Involvement Questionnaire (JEIQ), and the Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale-Erectile Functioning (SSES-E). Data were analyzed by the Pearson correlation method and structural equation modeling (SEM).</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results</span></i></b><b><span new="" roman="" times="">:</span></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""> Based on demographic results, the mean (SD) of the age of participants was 45.29 (6.37) years. The results revealed a significant relationship between sensation-seeking and sexual function, and between sensation and novelty-seeking in men (p<0.001). There was also a causal relationship between sensation-seeking and novelty-seeking mediated by sexual function in men (P=0.004). The findings also revealed a significant relationship between gender role conflict and sexual function as well as novelty-seeking (p<0.001), and a significant relationship between gender role conflict and novelty-seeking mediated by sexual function in men (P=0.012).</span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""> According to the results, the proposed model had adequate fitness. Male sensation-seeking and gender role conflict lead to numerous problems for men, spouses, the family, and society.</span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div> Sensation, Gender, Conflict, Psychological, Exploratory Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Men's Health 67 76 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-859-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Kimia Zarei sahezarian@gmail.com 100319475328460014295 100319475328460014295 No Department of Counseling, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran Masoud Shahbazi masoudshahbazi166@gmail.com 100319475328460014296 100319475328460014296 Yes Department of Counseling, Masjed Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran Amin Koraei am.koraie@gmail.com 100319475328460014297 100319475328460014297 No Department of Counseling, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran