Abstract: ObjectiveTo unde rstand the status of masturbation behavior and its influence factors among female college students majoring in art in Wuhan.MethodsAn anonymous questionnaire investigation was conducted among college students majoring in arts selected by randomized cluster sampling in Wuhan.SPSS 11.5 software was employed for statistical analysis.ResultsA total of 749 female college students were srveyed.Among them,18.6% (139/749)had masturbation experience.Masturbation behavior was influenced by growth environment factors and other behavior factor.The students whose mother with low education degree was more likely to have masturbation behavior.The students being not happy in the family during the period of childhood and teenage or browsing over sex-related books,videos or websites were more possibly to have masturbation behavior.ConclusionSome female college students majoring in arts have masturbation experience which is associated with some environment factors and other behavior factor during the period of development.