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YÖKSİS Eşleşti
Female genital self-image and body appreciation in Turkish women: a mixed methods study
Archives of Women's Mental Health · Nisan 2024
YÖKSİS Kayıtları
Female genital self-image and body appreciation in Turkish women: a mixed methods study
Archives of Women's Mental Health · 2024 SCI-Expanded
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Makale Bilgileri
DergiArchives of Women's Mental Health
Yayın TarihiNisan 2024
Cilt / Sayfa27 · 219-232
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85178302453
Özet
The study investigated negative genital self-image in women and determined the effect of education on natural/normal female genital appearance diversity on the change in women’s genital self-image. The type of research is a mixed method descriptive study. The participants were 259 women living in Turkey. In the first stage of the study, female genital self-image levels and body appreciation levels were evaluated. In the second stage of the study, women were interviewed thoroughly about negative female genital self-image, and then, visual education presentation was made on natural/normal female genital diversity. One week after the presentation, the women’s genital self-image levels were re-evaluated. In the first phase of the study, the mean Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS) total score was 22.07 ± 4.07 and the mean Body Appreciation Scale (BAS) total score was 42.40 ± 8.13 of the women. Higher FGSIS and BAS scores showed an increase in women’s positive genital self-image and body appreciation. The relationship between the FGSIS and the BAS scale scores of the women was found to be significantly correlated (r = 0.401, p < 0.001). In the second stage of the study, four main themes were examined as “positive thoughts,” “size and image,” “metaphors related to genital organs,” and “negative thoughts.” In conclusion, in the first phase, it was determined that women’s feeling of discomfort with their sexual organs during sexual intercourse, comparing their genital organs with other women’s genital organs, thinking of genital organ aesthetic surgery, and BAS scores were associated with FGSIS scores. In the second phase, women’s positive or negative feelings and thoughts about their genital self-image were revealed.
Yazarlar (2)
1
Vesile Koçak
ORCID: 0000-0003-0530-3783
2
Yasemin Erkal Aksoy
ORCID: 0000-0002-7453-1205
Anahtar Kelimeler
Body appreciation
Female
Genital self-image
Women
Kurumlar
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi
Meram Turkey
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey