Àá½Ã¸¸ ±â´Ù·Á ÁÖ¼¼¿ä. ·ÎµùÁßÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
KMID : 0606420010070020212
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2001 Volume.7 No. 2 p.212 ~ p.228
Relationship between the level of Sexual Contacts and Self-Esteem, Self-Assertiveness of Teenage Girls Who Have or Had Boyfriends
Lee Sun-Kyoung

Abstract
This is a cross-sectional descriptive correlation study that aimed to understand the relationship between the level of sexual contacts during the dates and psycho-social factors in teenage girls who have or had boyfriends. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between sexual contacts and self-esteem and self- assertiveness. The subjects of the study were 6,130 teenage girls who have or had boyfriends. They were selected convienently 12,733 teenage girls from 254 secondary schools located in 7 large cities and 9 provinces in Korea. A structured questionaire was used it included items one general characteristics, the levels of sexual contacts, self-esteem and self-assertiveness. Seven levels of sexual contacts were rated they were holding a hand, putting arms around each other¡¯s shoulders, kiss, french kiss, touching breast, petting genitalia, and sexual intercourse during the dates. Self-esteem and self-assertiveness were measured by the?Self-esteem scale?of Rogenberg (1971) and the questionaires developed by S. B. Chang et al(2000), respectively. The self-reported questionaires were collected from October 2, to October 28, 2000 and analyzed by using SPSS 10.0 Program. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, reliability, One-way ANOVA with Duncan method & Scheffe method. The results of the analysis were as follows. 1.An average Percentage of the respondents who have (46.1%) or had (53.9%) boyfriends was 48.1% (n=6,130) and the most common sexual contact during the dates was french kiss (26.7%, n=1,634). While 7.5%(458) of respondents had a sexual intercourse, 13.7%(842) of respondents didn¡¯t have any sexual contact during the dates. 2.Distribution of starting point of the first sexual contact demonstrates that 1,950 respondents (31.8%) held partner¡¯s hand at the first date and 1,367 respondents (22.3%) put arms around each other¡¯s shoulders at the 2nd or 3rd date. Sexual contacts such as kiss, french kiss, touching breast, petting genitalia, or sexual intercourse were experienced mostly at the later than the 10th date. However, surprisingly large number(1.7%) of respondents had genital contact and sexual intercourses at the first date.
KEYWORD
Teenage girls, Dates, The level of sexual contacts, Self-esteem, Self-assert iveness
FullTexts / Linksout information
 
Listed journal information
ÇмúÁøÈïÀç´Ü(KCI) KoreaMed