Cognitive-behavioural factors influencing the development of healthy sexual self-regulation in adolescence

The article addresses the significance of sexual self-regulation as a critical component of sexual behaviour and development during adolescence. It explores the cognitive-behavioural factors that influence the formation of healthy sexual self-regulation. The focus is placed on both internal and external factors that affect psychosexual development in adolescence. The study's relevance is driven by the need to foster healthy sexual self-regulation in the context of modern social challenges, risky sexual behaviours, and psychological issues, such as early pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), or emotional trauma. The study's object encompasses a broad spectrum of cognitive-behavioural influences that shape and regulate healthy sexuality during adolescence. Biological changes during adolescence, like social interactions with the environment, particularly the impact of parents, peers, and media, are crucial. The article aims to conduct a theoretical investigation and systematise the cognitive and behavioural mechanisms contributing to healthy sexual self-regulation. The study's tasks include reviewing scientific publications on this topic, identifying key factors that promote the development of healthy sexual self-regulation, and determining cultural, gender, and social factors that impact the formation of self-regulation. Systematic review methods were employed in the study. The works of researchers such as Crandall, Magnusson, Novilla, Silitonga, Almigo, Pringle, Hasiuk, Fedyk, Smolska, Kryvoruka, and others are reviewed, focusing on the impact of cognitive-behavioral factors on self-regulation in adolescence. It is expected that cognitive-behavioural approaches will contribute to developing healthy sexual behaviour in adolescence, reducing the risks of physiological and psychological problems.