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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.5.384

Factors Affecting Contraceptive Attitude of College Students  

Kim, Hyun Young (Department of Nursing, Kyungwoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.5, 2019 , pp. 384-393 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing the contraceptive behavior of male and female university students. Data were collected after receiving the written consent of 238 university students in G city during the period from September 22 to November 23 in 2017. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS PASW 18.0 program. The results revealed that 56.7% of the subjects used contraceptives, and 23.9% used condoms. Male students were more exposed to sexual content than female students (t=6.02, p=0.000) and had an open sexual attitude (t=5.38, p=0.000). Female students showed high scores on subjective norms (t=-3.51 p=0.000) and acceptable and positive contraceptive attitudes (t=-4.21, p=0.000). Among factors influencing the contraceptive attitude of males, the subjective norm was 3.6%. Female students had a 25.5% influence on contraceptive attitude, contraception, sexual education frequency, and sexual content exposure. It is suggested that sexual education and sexual counseling programs be developed to form positive attitudes toward contraceptives through iterative research.
Keywords
Sexual Content Exposure; Sexual Communication; Subjective Norm; Sexual Attitude; Contraceptive Attitude;
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