background: sex education is one of the challenging areas of educational systems that has always been accompanied by many problems due to some obstacles and constraints. this has led to occurrence of many behavioral problems and deviations. the aim of this study was to determine the sex education gaps in university curriculum from the students' perspective. methods: this was a descriptive-...

There is growing interest in China to understand how young people learn about sexuality, but there are few existing studies about the role of parents as sex educators of their children. This study surveyed 694 Chinese parents of adolescents in three cities about their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sexuality education for their children. The majority supported sexuality education...

background: marital satisfaction is the most important and fundamental factor in stability and continuity of couples′ life. it exists when the situation in marital relationships is in agreement with its expectation. while couples can increase their satisfaction level in marital life, the family remains safe. therefore the effect of sexual education on the growth of marital satisfaction and its ...

The question in everyone’s mind is that at what age sex information should be given to children. The correct approach is that whenever, like in the case of other information, the child wants to know about some aspect of this subject, tell him only as much as he has asked. For sex education nobody can be a better guide than parents. When parents become guides and friends, a child will not be afr...

the study of cognition and attitudes toward family life and sex, particularly among the young population, is one of the important areas of health behavior. this study attempts to find the degree of knowledge and attitudes of the female students of teheran university. the findings reveal that although the girls under the study expressed some attitudes towards family life not common in the tradit...

This book is primarily a record of an experiment in sex education with adolescents, and is meant for those who deal with adolescents, parents, teachers, club leaders, social and moral welfare workers, rather than for the adolescent, himself. A sample talk is given, which deals deliberately with the ethical and social aspects, rather than with the purely physical problems. The rest of the book i...

background: despite clear reasons for necessity of sexual health education for adolescents, it is a contested issue and has faced challenges in most cultures. providing sexual education for non-married adolescents is culturally unacceptable in most muslim societies. objective: this qualitative study addressed socio-cultural challenges to sexual health education for female adolescents in iran. m...

background: c onflicts are inevitable among couples. in fact, couples show various levels of independence and correlation in common decisions they make and cooperation they have. high levels of conflicts would lead to family dissociation. the present study tried to evaluate the relation between sex education and on reducing the overall marital conflict score and its dimensions such as relations...

This paper examines the association between sex education and adolescent sexual behavior. Data from the 1981 National Survey of Children show that 15- and 16-year-olds who have been exposed to sex education are less likely to be sexually experienced, and are neither more nor less likely to discuss sex with parents at home. Retrospective or longitudinal data are needed to more directly test the ...