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  • The study analyzes the sexual attitudes and behaviors of young women in Turkiye, highlighting the influence of family, media, and friends on their behaviors.
  • The research involved 1,430 university students across 30 cities and utilized specific assessment tools to measure premarital risky sexual behaviors.
  • Findings revealed that parental education and geographical location affected sexual behavior, with internet media as the primary source of sexual information, correlating with higher rates of risky behaviors among those who relied on it.

Article Abstract

Risky sexual behaviors of young women cause significant reproductive health problems. Therefore, it is vital to evaluate the sexual attitude and behavior characteristics of young women, their changes over the years, and the effects of information sources such as family, media, and friends, which play an effective role in bringing about changes in sexual behavior of young women. This study was planned to evaluate young women's premarital sexual behaviors and related factors in Turkiye between 01.11.2021 and 01.05.2022. It is designed as a descriptive correlation study conducted with 1.430 young women studying at universities in 30 metropolitan cities in Turkiye. The study data were collected using the "Participant Information Form" and the "Premarital Risky Sexual Behavior Assessment Scale for Young Women." This study showed that parents' educational status and geographical region was related to the young women's mean score and the subdimension score of the Premarital Sexual Behavior Assessment Scale for Young Women (PSAS-YW) ( < .001). Furthermore, young women's top source of information about sexuality was internet media (80 percent,  = 1144), and the least source was their fathers (2.9 percent,  = 41). There is a relationship between where young women spend most of their lives, the geographical region where their families live, and the risk of sexual behavior. The study observed that the geographical region where young women's parents live was effective in risky sexual behavior. While less risky sexual behavior was observed, primarily in the country's east, this rate increased in the western parts. Furthermore, while it was determined that young people mainly acquire sexual information through the media-internet or friends, it was observed that the participants in this group had the highest rate of risky sexual behavior. The age variable explained only 2 percent of the change in risky sexual behavior, and there was a linear increase between the mother's education level and the risky sexual behavior score of young women.

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