In this master’s thesis, the author researched people’s perception and understanding of healthy sexuality on physical, psychological, and spiritual level. The research was carried out with the method of grounded theory. The empirical data was gathered through interviews with adults that helped the author recognize their perception and understanding of healthy sexuality. The author used the method of open and axial coding to identify 6 main categories: different social perceptions and understanding of sexuality, managing and expressing sexual energy, the meaning of healthy interpersonal relations, sexual motivation, sexual dimension, and problems in sexuality. These categories are presented in more detail through subcategories and compared to findings from other researches on this topic. With this research, the author discovered that adults’ perception and understanding of healthy sexuality is mostly based on their own experiences, social influences, and knowledge and awareness of healthy sexuality.
This master’s thesis shines a light on perception and understanding healthy sexuality in adults and offers an insight into issues of society’s unhealthy relationship with sexuality. It also presents an important contribution in eliminating the taboo-like relationship with sexuality and in informing a wider audience about the subject. Information acquired with this research can be used in therapeutic and counselling work, by social workers and experts in the field of education as well as other experts whose profession is to help people. It can also be used by other people who are interested in the field of sexuality and wish to deepen their knowledge and awareness of this topic.
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