Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of sex education on psychological variables

This research was carried out to investigate Quantitative results of experimental studies conducted on the effect of sex education on parents and children using meta-analysis method between 1394-1400 in Iran. The statistical population is all studies related to sexual education that have been published in scientific research journals, Among them, 10 studies that were methodologically acceptable were selected and meta-analyzed. The research tool was a meta-analysis checklist and Cohen's effect size method was used to obtain the overall relation value. Data analysis was performed with version 2 of CMA software. The results showed that the average size of the effects is 1.17 which is a high effect size. It is included that sex education has had a significant effect on the psychological variables used in the studies. However, new research in this area seems necessary.