Physical and Emotional Values in the Sexual Education of University Students—Towards the Prevention of Sexual Violence

Sexual violence constitutes a social and public health problem whose prevention requires comprehensive educational interventions capable of transforming the values and relational frameworks within which sexuality is experienced. Despite the growing recognition of Comprehensive Sex Education as a key preventive tool, the role of bodily and affective sexual values in the demand for Comprehensive Sex Education at university level remains largely unexplored. This study examines this relationship within the framework of Jiménez’s axiological model, with the aim of analysing the role of bodily and affective values in the sexual education of university students, in relation to the principles of Comprehensive Sexuality Education and the understanding and prevention of sexual violence. A quantitative, exploratory, non-experimental, cross-sectional design was employed, involving 213 students on degree programmes related to education at the University of Granada (Spain), selected via non-probabilistic sampling during the first semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, the Mann–Whitney U test, the Wilcoxon test and Spearman’s rho (IBM SPSS v. 23). The results indicate a positive response to both types of values, with sex education being associated with higher scores in affective values in particular. The demand for CSE was very high regardless of axiological profile or prior training (90.6 per cent), highlighting the need for comprehensive intervention in initial teacher training, which the literature links to the prevention of sexual violence. Based on this study, it is concluded that Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) must consider both the physical and the affective dimensions, so that the experience of sexuality is grounded in respect and recognition of oneself and others, thereby fostering attitudes that, according to the literature, may contribute to the prevention of sexual violence.