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- The study explores the cultural dynamics of friendships between male and female university students, identifying key behaviors that influence these relationships.
- The research involved nineteen female students and highlighted two main themes: the factors promoting friendships and the impact of sexual behaviors on these relationships.
- Findings suggest that attitudes, feelings of loneliness, and external influences like family and media shape these friendships, indicating a need for reproductive health programs that align with Islamic-Iranian values and youth needs.
Article Abstract
Objective: One of the main cultural issues in universities is relationships between male and female students. Due to the adverse consequences of this issue, explaining of the beyond the causes of friendship with opposite-sex, is one of the first steps in planning for youth issues.
Methods: This qualitative research was conducted based on content analysis. Nineteen female university students were enrolled. Semi-structured questions through four sessions were used to gather required data. Two themes were extracted. One was the behaviors leading friendship which consisted of 5 subsets including self and extra-self, meso, exo-, and macro-systems. The other theme was the actions against with consequences of sex which are made of 2 subsets of the quality and the consequences of sex.
Results: Various factors such as person attitude, felling lonely, and community atmosphere, including the university environment, family, friends, religious beliefs and media that promote the Western culture can be effective in friendship before marriage.
Conclusion: Since the society of our country is considered a young populated one and the culture of the West through the media currently influences on our culture, reproductive health programs should be developed in a high priority focusing on youth fitted with their current needs according to Islamic-Iranian culture.
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