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Development and Effects of a Children's Sex Education Program for the Parents of Lower Elementary Grade Students

초등학교 저학년 부모를 위한 자녀성교육프로그램의 개발 및 효과

  • Lee, Eun Mi (Department of Nursing, Songwon University) ;
  • Kim, Hyunlye (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University)
  • Received : 2016.09.18
  • Accepted : 2017.01.31
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was done to develop a children's sex education program for the parents of lower elementary grade students and to evaluate its effects on sexual knowledge, gender role attitude, parent efficacy for child's sex education, and marital consistency. Methods: A quasi-experimental with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The participants were 29 couples (58 parents, experimental group=28, control group=30) from G city. The 5-week (5-session) program was developed based on 'A theory of protection: parents as sex educators' and used the case-based small group learning method. Data were collected during July and August 2015. The characteristics of the program developed in the present study were a theoretical-based, client-centered, multi-method. Results: After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in sexual knowledge, gender role attitudes, parent efficacy for child's sex education, and marital consistency, compared to the control group. The effect sizes of the program were .64 (knowledge), .65 (gender role attitudes), and .68 (parent efficacy). Conclusion: The results of this study provided implications for the parents as effective sex educator and the role expansion of school health nurses.

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