Taleghani Fariba, Merghati Khoie Effat Al Sadat, Noroozi Mahnaz, Tavakoli Mahgol, Gholami Ali
Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Iranian National Centre of Addiction Studies, Institution of Risk Behaviors Reduction, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2017 Jan;5(1):91-98.
Youth's sexual behaviors have various consequences such as unwanted pregnancy, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted infections. Little information is available about the impact of mass media in the development of premarital sexual relationships. This study aimed to explore the role of mass media on premarital sexual relationships among Iranian youth.
This qualitative study was conducted with 26 single boys and girls aged 18-24 years who were living in Isfahan, Iran and have already been started their sexual relationships. Also, 12 other participants who were involved in such an experience were recruited in this study. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and the observation of youth's sexual interactions in different fields. Conventional content analysis method was used for data analysis.
Three main categories were developed: "foreigner media as the role model", "the ease of access to sexual contents and materials" and "the ease of interactions and relationships with the opposite sex".
The prominent role of mass media in the formation of premarital sexual relationships was described in this study. This issue needs to be taken into consideration by policy makers for taking necessary actions for reducing the impact of mass media on the youth's engagement in premarital sexual relationships.
青少年的性行为会产生各种后果，如意外怀孕、获得性免疫缺陷综合征和性传播感染。关于大众媒体在婚前性关系发展中的影响，现有信息很少。本研究旨在探讨大众媒体在伊朗青少年婚前性关系中的作用。
本定性研究对26名年龄在18 - 24岁、居住在伊朗伊斯法罕且已开始性行为的单身男孩和女孩进行。此外，还招募了12名有过此类经历的其他参与者。通过半结构化访谈和观察青少年在不同场景下的性互动来收集数据。采用常规内容分析法进行数据分析。
形成了三个主要类别：“外国媒体作为榜样”、“获取性内容和资料的便利性”以及“与异性互动和建立关系的便利性”。
本研究描述了大众媒体在婚前性关系形成中的突出作用。政策制定者需要考虑这个问题，采取必要行动以减少大众媒体对青少年婚前性行为的影响。
