Journal of East-West Nursing Research (동서간호학연구지)

East-west Nursing Research Institute, Kyung Hee University (경희대학교 동서간호학연구소)
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The Effect of Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Behavior and Self-efficacy on their Reproductive Health Promoting Behaviors in Female College Students

여대생의 성지식, 성행동, 자기효능감이 생식건강증진행위에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Bo-gyung (Hwamyong Ilsin Christian Medical Center) ;
  • Sung, Mi-Hae (Inje University College of Medicine Department of Nursing)
  • Received : 2017.04.04
  • Accepted : 2017.04.28
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors which effect to female college student' reproductive health promoting behavior in female college students. Methods: The design of this study was correlational study and subjects were 127 female college students from two colleges in B metropolitan city. The data collection was carried out from June 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016. Data were collected using questionaires of characteristics of the subjects, sexual knowledge, sexual behavior, and self-efficacy(KGSE). Results: The subjects' reproductive health promoting behavior differed according to the grade, major, smoking, and experience of weight loss of more than 10 kg within the last 3 months. The subjects' reproductive health promoting behavior had positive correlations with sexual knowledge (r=.39, p<.001) and self-efficacy (r=.34, p<.001), and negative correlation with sexual behavior (r=-.23, p=.011). Sexual knowledge and sexual behavior were influencing factors on reproductive health promoting behavior accounting for 23.0%. Conclusion: This study showed that sexual knowledge and sexual behavior were factors affecting female college students' reproductive health promoting behavior and the most influential factor was sexual knowledge.

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