What One Gets Is Not Always What One Wants—Young Adults’ Perception of Sexuality Education in Poland

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031366
• Publication Date: 2022-01-26T16:02:53Z
• Authors: Zbigniew Izdebski; Joanna Dec-Pietro...; Alicja Kozakiewicz; Joanna Mazur
• Keywords: Sexuality education

There is a discrepancy between the educational needs and opportunities to obtain reliable knowledge about sexuality in adolescence. This study aimed assess conjunctive influence of family school shaping this knowledge.Data were collected retrospectively within cross-sectional survey conducted Poland 2017 (18-26 yrs; N = 595). The respondents' experiences terms presence quality education (SE) at conversations with parents related issues considered.Of all respondents, 31.1% had no classes or rated them as useless, 41.5% never discussed sexuality-related topics both true for 17.6%. Puberty contraception most frequently parents, while sexual pleasure masturbation least frequently. diversity taken up possibility discussions mothers turned out be important factors adolescents' knowledge. A relationship was additionally revealed girls, talking fathers boys.Schools families should work together strengthen proper development by meeting field their on human sexuality.