the effectiveness of the sex education package on the body-esteem in elementary school children

Objective: the primary objective of this research endeavor was to examine the efficacy of a sex education program in enhancing the body-esteem of young students in elementary school.methods: this study adopted an experimental approach, employing a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. the statistical population encompassed all girls attending primary schools in shiraz during the academic year of 2021. through random sampling, a total of 30 female students were selected, divided equally into an experimental group and a control group, comprising 15 students each. to assess body-esteem, the body-esteem scale (franzoi & shields, 1984) was utilized.results: the results of the covariance analysis revealed that the f statistic for the body-esteem variable attained a significant level of 0.001. this finding indicates that the implementation of the sex education package for elementary school children has exerted a positive and significant impact on their body-esteem.conclusions: in summary, the outcomes of this study underscore the efficacy of sex education in terms of its influence on the emotional and affective outputs in primary school students.