[The psychosomatic aspects of defloration (a sociomedical study)].

The phenomena surrounding the first sexual act are examined rather poorly from their psychosomatic side during investigation of human sexuality and reproductive behaviour. Frequency and character of the bleeding during defloration, experienced pain, a complex of fear due to pain and bleeding, motivation, evaluation and self-esteem of the behaviour, self-esteem on timeliness of the first sexual act, the attitude of the husband to defloration performed by other partner before marriage. Some of the obtained data are compared with similar data, obtained by analogous studies in some European countries. Inferences are made, which could be used by services, rendering consultative help to young women, candidates for marriage and their partners.