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KMID : 0858820120290010027
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2012 Volume.29 No. 1 p.27 ~ p.38
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The Moderating Effects of the Perceived Economical Difficulty on the Adolescents" Attitude to Prostitution : Focused on Gender Equality Consciousness and Sexual Subjectivity
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Shin Jung-Yi
Hwang Hye-Won
Park Hyun-Soon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find the influences of the perceived economical difficulty, gender equality consciousness and sexual subjectivity on the adolescents" attitude to prostitution to examine the moderating effects of gender equality consciousness and sexual subjectivity between the perceived economical difficulty and the adolescents’ attitude to prostitution, and to provide some recommendations for intervention to improve more appropriate attitude of adolescents on prostitution.
Methods: The data used for this study is from the survey with a sample of 1,151 students from 14 middle and high schools in Chungbuk province.
Results: The main results of this study are as follows: First, there are statistical differences in the adolescents’ attitude to prostitution according to gender, grade, and the type of school. Second, there is a positive effect of the perceived economical difficulty, gender equality consciousness and sexual subjectivity on the adolescents’ attitude to prostitution. Third, there are positive moderating effects of sexual subjectivity between the perceived economical difficulty and the adolescents’ attitude to prostitution.
Conclusions: Intervening in the sex education at an early stage, advertising prostitution’s harmful effect at the level of a social concern and developing diverse programs to enhance the sexual subjectivity of students are recommended to promote appropriate attitude of adolescents about prostitution.
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KEYWORD
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adolescents’ attitude to prostitution, perceived economical difficulty, gender equality consciousness, sexual subjectivity
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