Educación sexual y su incidencia en el desarrollo socio-afectivo de estudiantes universitarios de la parroquia de Machachi en el periodo 2022-2023

Abstract

Sexuality is an indispensable part of human beings, biologically understood by the principle of reproduction and socially subjected to a myriad of prejudices and monotonous taboos that prevent its proper development, ranging from the existing gaps in the information received by adolescents and young people, to the complex feelings and emotions they may feel because of these information gaps. This research work seeks to identify the relationship between institutional sex education and socio-affective development of university students in the parish of Machachi in the period 2022-2023, using a questionnaire on sex education received in schools, in relation to a scale of affective balance, this method applied randomly to 50 students residing in Machachi. With the data obtained, it is possible to identify that there is a relationship between institutional sex education and the levels of satisfaction in the socio-affective sphere of university students in the parish of Machachi, so there are prejudices, gaps in the information received, psychosocial discomfort and a limited process of development of social and emotional skills, communication and physical and affective responsibility.