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A Study on the Aging Knowledge, Sexual Perception and Sexual Attitude about the Aged People in a Local Adults

일 지역 성인의 노화지식과 노인에 대한 성인식 및 성태도에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2017.08.07
  • Accepted : 2017.11.03
  • Published : 2017.11.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to: (a) explore correlations between aging knowledge, sexual perception and sexual attitude of aged people among adults, and (b) provide a database to develop an educational program to instill the right perception and sexual attitude of aged people in our society. The subjects were 340 adults aged 20-59 years living in K do, B and U city. The data were collected from June 9, 2015 to August 23, 2015 and analyzed based on the means, percentages, t-tests, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficient using IBM SPSS 21.0. The subjects' score of aging knowledge was 12.12, sexual perception of aged people was 2.99, sexual attitude of aged people was 4.04. There were significant correlations between aging knowledge and sexual perception of aged people (r=0.227, p<0.001), aging knowledge and sexual attitude of aged people (r=0.369, p<0.001), sexual perception of aged people and sexual attitude of aged people (r=0.299, p<0.001). Therefore, it is necessary to provide systematic education about aging knowledge and sex of aged people by to change the perception and attitude of the elderly in our society.

본 연구는 일 지역 성인의 노화지식과 노인에 대한 성인식 및 성태도를 탐색하여 우리사회 노인에 대한 성인식 및 성태도를 확인하고, 노인에 대한 올바른 성인식 확립에 필요한 교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 마련하고자 시도되었다. 연구대상자는 B U광역시, K도에 거주하는 20~59세 성인 340명을 대상으로 하였다. 자료수집은 2015년 6월 9일부터 8월 23일까지였고, 자료분석은 IBM SPSS WIN/21.0을 이용하여 빈도와 백분율, 평균, 표준편차, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient를 사용하였다. 연구결과 대상자의 노화지식은 12.12점, 노인에 대한 성인식은 2.99점, 노인에 대한 성태도는 4.04점이었다. 대상자의 노화지식과 노인에 대한 성인식(r=.227, p<.001), 노화지식과 노인에 대한 성태도(r=.369, p<.001), 노인에 대한 성인식과 성태도(r=.299, p<.001)는 유의한 순 상관관계를 나타내어 노화지식과 노인에 대한 성인식 및 성태도는 유의한 관련성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 우리사회 노인에 대한 성인식 및 성태도 전환을 위해 노화지식 및 노인의 성에 관한 체계적인 교육이 연령별에 따라 제공되어야 할 것이다.

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