[An exploration of sexual knowledge, attitudes and behavior in aboriginal elementary school students in the Ping-Tung area].
Hu Li Za Zhi
; 44(2): 38-50, 1997 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-9355399
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate sexual knowledge, attitudes and behavior of fifth and sixth grade students in aboriginal elementary schools in the Ping-Tung area. A structured questionnaire was administered to 1091 students who were selected by cluster sampling. The results showed (1) The sexual knowledge score was low but sexual attitudes showed a positive trend. (2) 64.7% and 67.4% of students had at some time seen pictures of male or female sexual organs. (3) About 61% of students had seen sexual magazines or videotapes. (4) 66.2% of male and 88.1% of female students had heard about wet dreams or menstruation before their first experience; more than half of the students thought that wet dreams need treatment. (5) 17.8% of students had masturbation experience, and after that 59.3% of students had fear or guilt feeling. (6) Female students had significantly higher knowledge and attitude scores than male students, Demographic variables produced no significant difference in the above scores. (7) 42.4% of students most desired to know what phenomena indicate sexual maturity. (8) Sex knowledge had significantly positive correlation with sex attitude.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Estudantes
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Zh
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article