The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회)
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An Empirical Analysis of Sexual Awareness in Urban and Rural High School Girls

여자고등학생의 성 인지에 관한 도ㆍ농간 실태분석 -전남지역을 중심으로-

  • Park Ok Im (Dept. of Consumer and Family-Child Studies, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Sin Hye Suk (Goheung Girl′s Middle School) ;
  • Kim Jeong Sook (Dept. of Nursing, Dongshin University) ;
  • Chung Young Hae (Dept. of Nursing, Dongshin University) ;
  • Hang Hee Soon (Sexual Harassment-Violence Counseling Center, Sunchon National University)
  • 박옥임 (순천대학교 소비자-가족아동학과) ;
  • 신혜숙 (고흥여자중학교) ;
  • 김정숙 (동신대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 정영해 (동신대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 강희순 (순천대학교 성희롱-성폭력상담실)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

This study examines the different degrees of sexual awareness shown among high school girls in urban and rural areas. The analysis was carried out by dividing these students into urban and rural groups. A questionnaire of 51 questions based on previous studies and a review of the literature was prepared for students in the two groups after two preliminary surveys, a reliability test, and correlation. There were 721 copies of the questionnaire in total which were distributed to students of 2 urban and 4 rural girls' high schools. The analysis of the results was carried out using by means of SPSS 10.0, and it became clear that girl's students' viewpoints toward sex, the actual circumstances of their acquaintance of the opposite sex, the access to information about sex, the content of current sex education at school and the ideal type of sex education, tended to show differences between the two groups. This study showed that the standardized and uniform content and methods of current sex education in public schools does not work properly. Sex education at schools in South Korea has reached a limit of their effectiveness to a point where research into more effective sex education is required.

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