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http://dx.doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2012.18.3.159

A Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Need for Sex Education in High School Students  

Yang, Ya-Ki (Department of Nursing, Honam University)
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Women's Health Nursing / v.18, no.3, 2012 , pp. 159-169 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Attitude; Education; Knowledge; Sex;
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