Introduction: The purpose of this article is to consider, form psychological point of view, hormonal contraception and its effects on women's body and health. Beliefs and decisions of young women in this area are the main plane of these analyzes. This study reflects on their motivations to use or not to use hormonal contraception and rate its influence on their body. It was also verified, if there is any difference in self-esteem between women who use and who do not use hormonal contraception.
Material And Methods: The study was conducted amongst 95 women aged form 18 to 35. Two instruments were used in this study: Body Esteem Scale (BES) and questionnaire on hormonal contraception.
Results: The results show, that hormonal contraception is used only by 1/3 of the women. The main reason, why women use this method is contraception. Women regard, this method is inoffensive for them. Women do not use hormonal contraception mainly, because of their ideological views, religious beliefs and fears for their own health. Women, who use hormonal contraception acquire higher self-esteem in this aspects of their body, which can be control with diet or physical exercises.
Conclusions: Women choose hormonal contraception because of its: high efficiency, extra health benefits and no difficulties in use. This contrasts with low popularity of this method amongst young women in the study. Verification, why women are anxious about their health and fertility, is believed to be an important issue. Moreover, it seems valuable to check, how important for women is a partner's role in terms of contraception.
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