Search

Smoking is becoming increasingly common among Turkish young people aged between 15 and 20 years despite the preventive measures taken to control this increase. The current study aimed to demonstrate the sociocultural meaning attributed to smoking behaviors. For this purpose, semistructured in-depth interviews with 27 smokers aged under 20 years and with one of their parents were conducted. Bourdieu's concepts were adopted to comprehend and thus get an overall perspective of the smoking practices among youth and sociocultural factors underlying cigarette use. In this study, participants had a smoking behavior that first emerged within the family and then was witnessed among the same-age peers and was found to influence the youngsters' perceptual categories and cognition structures regarding cigarettes. In addition, youngsters develop smoking behaviors to preserve their social capital and to gain social acceptance among their peers who have extensive cigarette use. They also use cigarette to get symbolic benefits, such as building a cool image. The conclusions of this study help us in understanding the relationship between smoking and lives, context, economic and cultural resources, and consumption practices within the family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Archives of Neuropsychiatry / Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi is the property of Turkish Association of Neuropsychiatry and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: Although the sexual problems are commonly observed in Turkey, the community studies about the prevalence of sexual problems are rare. The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction in Turkish women population in Zonguldak province. Methods: The study group consisted of 517 married women 15 to 49 years old living in Zonguldak province. The participants were administered to GRISS and sociodemographical questionnaires for the evaluation of Female Sexual Dysfunction. Findings: The mean age of participants was 36.5±7.87. According to GRISS, 45.5% of women had female sexual dysfunction. The most frequent sexual dysfunctions were vaginismus (67.3%) and sexual frequency problems (60.3%). Sexual non-sensuality problem (54.5%), sexual non-communication (54.7%), sexual avoidance (54.5%) and anorgasmia (23.8%) were among other prevalent problems. Conclusion: As a result of our study, the inadequate sexual knowledge of women, restriction of sexual talk at home and information exchange with friends being the most common method of sexual knowledge indicated that sexuality is still a taboo in our community. Also, nearly all women lacked pre-marriage sexual experience, which showed the continuing significance of virginity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]