This study aimed to identify the association of perceived social norms with intention early marriage practice among unmarried adolescent girls (13–17 years) in Kersa Demographic and Health Surveillance System. A community-based cross-sectional was conducted during September–November 2019. Adolescent girls’ assessed using norm measuring tools. The log-binomial model used factors associated inten...

Traditionally, a romantic relationship starts with two people going on dates and developing emotional then physical closeness. However, social developments media have begun to change that. Therefore, the main aim of our qualitative study was outline modern dating scripts forms casual sexual relationships among Croatian emerging adults, identify needs they fulfill. We conducted four focus groups...

According to Laub and Sampson (2003), desistance from crime is made possible by “knifing off”—“offenders desist in response to structurally induced turning points that serve as the catalyst for sustaining long-term behavioral change” (p. 149). What turning points create are new situations that allow individuals to knife off the past, in part, by changing those routine activity patterns that led...

Background & aim: One of the most important events in human life is marriage. Sexual satisfaction is one of the effective factors in a successful marriage. Accordingly, sexual health education is necessary. Sex education should be in line with the cultural, religious, and social infrastructures of the society. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of sex education with and without rel...

Genetic service for couples plays an increasingly important role in diagnosis and risk management. This study investigated the status of consanguinity and the medical genetic history (effectiveness and coverage of medical genetic services) in couples residing in a city in southern Iran. We questioned couples who were referred to Behbahan Marital Counseling Center, Behbahan, Iran, during the per...

Married adults show better psychological adjustment and physical health than their separated/divorced or never-married counterparts. However, this apparent "marriage benefit" may be due to social selection, social causation, or both processes. Genetically informed research designs offer critical advantages for helping to disentangle selection from causation by controlling for measured and unmea...