Sexual Education of Children and Adolescents based on Islamic View and Psychological Studies

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Qom University

2 Assisstant Professor, University of Tehran

3 PhD Student of Exceptional Children Psychology, University of Tehran

Abstract

Sexual education is one of the main topics in the field of education, which plays an important role in the formation of human's personality and affects human's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In spite of its importance, there are no suitable written educational programs related to sexual education in Iran. Consequently, the present article aims to study purposes, principles, content, methods and utilities of suitable sexual education based on Islamic culture and psychological surveys. To do this, a review of Islamic and psychological literature is done. Finally, some discussions and conclusions concerning sexual education are offered.

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