KMID : 0606420120180030159
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2012 Volume.18 No. 3 p.159 ~ p.169
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A Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Need for Sex Education in High School Students
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Yang Ya-Ki
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and needs of sex education in high school students.
Methods: There were 258 participants who were high school students in S high school in G city. Data were collected from October 1 to October 31, 2011, and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 19.0.
Results: The mean score for sexual knowledge was 69.78, sexual attitudes was 63.66, and needs of sex education was 75.37. Sexual knowledge had positive correlation with needs of sex education (r=.17, p=.007).
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated a need to develop programs for high school students to increase appropriate sexual knowledge, and to encourage appropriate sexual attitudes, and to reflect needs of sex education.
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KEYWORD
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Attitude, Education, Knowledge, Sex
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