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The relationships between prayer and emotional well-being as well as sexual abstinence among diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive sexual behaviors

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Prayer is a spiritual practice that can lead to beneficial effects. Prayer is especially significant in the recovery process in a sample of individuals diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive sexual behaviors (OCSB) who participate in mutual self-help groups
Marcin Wnuk
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Semen analysis in fertile patients undergoing vasectomy: reference values and variations according to age, length of sexual abstinence, seasonality, smoking habits and caffeine intake

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have shown regional and population differences in semen characteristics. The objective was to establish reference values for semen analysis and to verify the effect that age, length of sexual abstinence, seasonality,
Bernardo Passos Sobreiro, Antonio Marmo Lucon, Fábio Firmbach Pasqualotto, Jorge Hallak, Kelly Silveira Athayde, Sami Arap   +5 more
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Sexual behaviour in early adolescence: A cross‐national comparison of Australian and United States youth

Australian Journal of Psychology, 2017
Objective This study used matched samples from schools in the states of Victoria and Washington to compare sexual behaviour in early adolescence. It was hypothesised that the contrasting dominant policy objectives of harm minimisation in Australia and ...
Laura E. Prendergast, Rachel K. Leung, John W. Toumbourou, Angela Taft, Barbara J. Mcmorris, Richard F. Catalano   +5 more
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Correlates of delayed sexual intercourse and condom use among adolescents in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Comprehensive sex education, including the promotion of consistent condom use, is still an important intervention strategy in tackling unplanned pregnancies, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Ugandan adolescents.
Rijsdijk Liesbeth E, Bos Arjan ER, Lie Rico, Ruiter Robert AC, Leerlooijer Joanne N, Kok Gerjo   +5 more
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Addressing the Failure of Abstinence-only Sex Education Programs: An Emerging Leadership Perspective

Florida Public Health Review, 2012
Over the past 15 years, abstinence-only sex education has been the sole method of education supported by the federal government as it relates to adolescent sexual health.
Cedric Harville II
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The Association between Abstinence Period and Semen Parameters in Humans: Results in Normal Samples and Different Sperm Pathology

Life
Background: The impact of sexual abstinence on sperm quality, particularly in pathological cases, is a subject of debate. We investigated the link between abstinence duration and semen quality in both normal and pathological samples. Methods: We analyzed
Min Xie, Silvan Hämmerli, Brigitte Leeners   +2 more
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The Motifs of Sexual Abstinence and Virginity in Medieval Hungarian Legends [PDF]

Slovenska Literatura, 2014
The goal of the study is to interpret the motifs of pudicity, sexual abstinence and virginity in the texts of chosen medieval legends written in Latin on the interdisciplinary level as otherwise they would hardly be understandable.
Kristína Pavlovičová
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The Effect of a Training Program Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) on Sexual High-Risk Behavioural Intentions in Female Prisonors, Vakil Abad Prison, Mashhad, Iran, 2013 [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background and Aims: High-risk sexual behaviors are of the most important risky behaviours in the area of sexual and reproductive health. It seems that educational programs based on health behavioural change theories are of the most basic measures in ...
Mona Larki, Mahin Taffazoli, Robab Latifnejad-Roudsari, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Ali Babaee   +4 more
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The Effect of Male Sexual Abstinence Periods on the Clinical Outcomes of Fresh Embryo Transfer Cycles Following Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Am J Mens Health, 2020
Li J, Shi Q, Li X, Guo J, Zhang L, Quan Y, Ma M, Yang Y.   +7 more
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Effects of long and short ejaculatory abstinence on sperm parameters: a meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials

Frontiers in Endocrinology
PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the effects of ejaculatory abstinence on sperm parameters.MethodsThis analysis was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023472124).
Arturo Lo Giudice, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Sebastiano Cimino, Andrea Cocci, Marco Falcone, Marco Capece, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Paolo Capogrosso, Afonso Morgado, Georgios Tsampoukas, Celeste Manfredi, Giorgio Ivan Russo   +11 more
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