Potki Robabeh, Ziaei Tayebe, Faramarzi Mahbobeh, Moosazadeh Mahmood, Shahhosseini Zohreh
M.Sc. Student of Midwifery Counseling, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Ph.D. in Reproductive Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Counseling and Reproductive Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Electron Physician. 2017 Sep 25;9(9):5172-5178. doi: 10.19082/5172. eCollection 2017 Sep.
Nowadays, it is believed that mental and emotional aspects of sexual well-being are the important aspects of sexual health. Sexual self-concept is a major component of sexual health and the core of sexuality. It is defined as the cognitive perspective concerning the sexual aspects of 'self' and refers to the individual's self-perception as a sexual creature.
The aim of this study was to assess the different factors affecting sexual self-concept.
English electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar as well as two Iranian databases including Scientific Information Database and Iranmedex were searched for English and Persian-language articles published between 1996 and 2016. Of 281 retrieved articles, 37 articles were finally included for writing this review article.
Factors affecting sexual self-concept were categorized to biological, psychological and social factors. In the category of biological factors, age gender, marital status, race, disability and sexual transmitted infections are described. In the psychological category, the impact of body image, sexual abuse in childhood and mental health history are present. Lastly, in the social category, the roles of parents, peers and the media are discussed.
As the development of sexual self-concept is influenced by multiple events in individuals' lives, to promotion of sexual self-concept, an integrated implementation of health policies is recommended.
如今，人们认为性健康的心理和情感方面是性健康的重要组成部分。性自我概念是性健康的主要组成部分，也是性征的核心。它被定义为关于“自我”性方面的认知视角，指个体作为有性别的生物的自我认知。
本研究旨在评估影响性自我概念的不同因素。
检索了包括PubMed、Scopus、科学网和谷歌学术在内的英文电子数据库，以及包括科学信息数据库和伊朗医学数据库在内的两个伊朗数据库，以查找1996年至2016年间发表的英文和波斯语文章。在检索到的281篇文章中，最终纳入37篇文章用于撰写本综述文章。
影响性自我概念的因素分为生物、心理和社会因素。在生物因素类别中，描述了年龄、性别、婚姻状况、种族、残疾和性传播感染。在心理类别中，存在身体形象、童年性虐待和心理健康史的影响。最后，在社会类别中，讨论了父母、同伴和媒体的作用。
由于性自我概念的发展受个体生活中多种事件的影响，为促进性自我概念，建议综合实施健康政策。
