Abstract Most young people go to their friends for information on sexuality-related topics, thus it is important to understand the context of these communications so that we may gather insight into sexual values and the underlying emotions and styles of communication. We conducted qualitative weekly surveys regarding discussion of sexual health topics among peers with students enrolled in an undergraduate human sexuality course. A four-stage inductive analysis process was utilized to examine a total number of 824 survey submissions from 102 college students who agreed to participate. Seven relevant common themes emerged: safer sex, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, feelings about sex, sexual acts, peer support, and peer communication norms. Some perspectives varied between males and females. Life events create opportunities for peers to discuss sexual health with each other. The connection between life events and peer sexual health communication has numerous implications for both research and education.

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参加人类性课程的大学生中同伴性健康交流的性质

摘要大多数年轻人向朋友寻求有关性相关主题的信息，因此了解这些交流的背景非常重要，这样我们才能深入了解性价值以及潜在的情感和交流方式。我们对参加本科生人类性课程的同龄人之间关于性健康话题的讨论进行了定性每周调查。利用四个阶段的归纳分析过程，对来自102名同意参加的大学生的824份调查报告进行了审查。出现了七个相关的共同主题：性安全，性传播感染，怀孕，性欲，性行为，同伴支持和同伴交流规范。男性和女性的观点各不相同。生活事件为同龄人提供了彼此讨论性健康的机会。生活事件和同性性健康交流之间的联系对研究和教育都有许多影响。