Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

Korean Association of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회)
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The effect of sex education program on high school girls' knowledge and attitude toward sex

성교육 프로그램이 여고생의 성지식과 성태도에 미치는 효과

  • Jeon, Young-Ja (Dept. of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences, Inje University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Sook (Dept. of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences, Inje University)
  • 전영자 (인제대학교 가족소비자학과) ;
  • 이현숙 (인제대학교 가족소비자학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develope sex education program for high school girls and to verify the effectiveness of the program in terms of improving the knowledge and attitude of them after executing the program. The subjects of study are 126 girls from K high school in Changwon city and they are divided into an experimental group and control group, and each group has 63 students. The program is executed 8 sessions during 8 weeks and the necessary time is 50 minutes for each session. The experimental group who has received sex education shows higher level of sex knowledge after sex education than control group, and the experimental group shows higher level of sound attitude toward sexual matters after sex education. The effect of education regarding sexual knowledge and attitude in an experimental group are lasted even after the education is finished. Conclusionally, these results shows that the sex education program which is developed for this study is effective.

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