• Women's Health Nursing
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.108-116
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the sexual education program on female college students' sexual knowledge and sexual autonomy. Methods: The integrative 5-week (15 hour) sexual education program reflecting control and coping aspects of sexual autonomy was developed based on self-determination theory. 59 female students were assigned to the experimental (n=29) and the control group (n=30). Students completed the sexual knowledge and the sexual autonomy questionnaires at prior to the program, right after and 10 weeks after the completion of the program. Independent t-test were used to test the effectiveness of the program. Results: Significant group differences were found on sexual autonomy score right after and 10 weeks after the completion of the program. No significant group differences were found on sexual knowledge at any time after the program completion. Conclusion: The results indicate that the 5-week Sexual Education Program was effective in increasing female college students' sexual autonomy. Nursing professors majoring women's health nursing may contribute to improving college students' sexual autonomy by opening the sexual education program as a general elective curriculum. Strategies to improve sexual knowledge need to be considered for better effectiveness of the program.

• Women's Health Nursing
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.46-59
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• 2019

Purpose: To determine associations of traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with sexual autonomy and identify factors influencing sexual autonomy among female university students of North Korean defectors. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed with a total of 103 female students who completed a structured online self-report survey from January 7 to March 31, 2018. This study was conducted using questionnaires on interpersonal trauma scale, the Traumatic Scale for North Korean Refugees (TSNKR), and sexual autonomy measurement for college students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression with SPSS WIN 23.0 program. Results: Traumatic events, PTSD, and sexual autonomy scores were $3.96{\pm}3.07$, $31.47{\pm}10.75$, and $52.66{\pm}6.89$, respectively. PTSD was positively correlated with traumatic events (r=.22, p=.030). Sexual autonomy was inversely correlated with PTSD (r=-.25, p=.010). Contraceptive use, PTSD, and voluntary sexual debut explained 26% of sexual autonomy of participants. Conclusion: To improve sexual autonomy of young women from North Korea, reproductive intervention programs including contraception, sexual assertiveness training, and psychoeducation to reduce PTSD need to be developed and implemented.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.257-264
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• 2010

Purpose: This research was conducted to determine the effects on HPV knowledge, cervical cancer preventive behaviors, and sexual autonomy of female university students after they received sexual education to prevent HPV involved cervical cancer. Method: By using a non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest design, the experiment was conducted with a test group of 37 students and a control group of 39 students. Result: There were statistically significant increases in HPV knowledge (p=.003), cervical cancer preventive behaviors (p=.001), and sexual autonomy (p=.005) in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: It is concluded that this research is valid because this research program has proved to be effective in increasing HPV knowledge, cervical cancer preventive behaviors, and sexual autonomy, and it has provided a foundation to be used with other female university students.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.6710-6718
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• 2014

This study examined the factors affecting the sexual autonomy of female university students to provide the basic data for developing an intervention program for sex education. The data was collected from 322 female college students and analyzed with a t-test and multiple regression using the SPSS 21.0 program. The significant factors of sexual autonomy were intercourse experience (${\beta}=0.115$, p=.040), sex knowledge (${\beta}=0.118$, p=.028), permissiveness of sexual violence (${\beta}=-0.290$, p<.001), and the perception of unwed pregnancy (${\beta}=-0.104$, p=.048). These factors explained 21.7% of the variance in sexual autonomy. In conclusion, there is a need to develop a sex education program to increase sexual autonomy considering the factors affecting sexual autonomy.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.482-490
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of self-efficacy in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), knowledge of and susceptibility to STD, and the role of gender in sexual autonomy. Methods: Data were collected from 267 college students using self-report questionnaires during the period from the first to the twentieth of June 2015. Data were analyzed using $x^2$ test, Fisher's exact test, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, simple and multiple regression techniques with the PASW/WIN 20.0 program. Mediation analysis was performed according to the Baron and Kenny method and Sobel test. Results: In male students, self-efficacy for STD prevention showed a full mediating effect in the relationship between STD susceptibility and sexual autonomy (${\beta}$=-.08, p=.370). But in female students, it had a partial mediating effect (${\beta}$=-.25, p=.001). And self-efficacy for STD prevention showed partial mediating effects in the relationship between knowledge of STD and sexual autonomy in the both male (${\beta}$=.25, p=.005) and female students (${\beta}$=.33, p<.001). Conclusion: To enhance college students' sexual autonomy, it may be useful to build effective strategies enhancing students' knowledge about and susceptibility to STD and to develop a self-efficacy promotion program for college students.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.465-471
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• 2016

This study intends to figure out the relationship between autonomy and achievement motivation of the university players. For this purpose, Survey was performed to Seoul and Metropolitan area's 25 sports 396 Players., And using SPSS 18 and AMOS program descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis were conducted. Based on purified data through the process, the relationship between autonomy and achievement motivation was verified with correlation analysis and regression analysis. As a result, autonomy was recognized by male player higher than female player, and in goal-orientation of the access tendency of achievement goal orientation, male player showed higher scores. And in mastery-avoidance of avoidance, female player showed higher scores and in performance-avoidance, male player showed higher scores. According to regression analysis, autonomy affects mastery-approach and achievement goal orientation of the performance-approach.

• The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.47-60
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the sexual knowledge, sexual attitude and sexual autonomy related to reproductive health of female college student and affecting factors on reproductive health promoting behavior. Methods: The sample included 329 females students S university in D city. Data were collected from 24th to 28th of october, 2016 by using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using a T-test, ANOVA, pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis with SPSS 22.0. Results: The subjects' reproductive health promoting behavior differed according to the age, sexual experience, dating experience, form of high school. The subjects' reproductive health promoting behavior had positive correlations with sexual knowledge and sexual autonomy, and negative correlation with sexual attitude. Sexual knowledge was influencing factors on reproductive health promoting behavior accounting for 79.0%. Conclusions: Therefore, this result suggest that the developing reproductive health education programs based on the findings and providing the programs on their demands.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.139-158
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between adult children's perceived interaction pattern with their parents and their marital satisfaction. The subjects are a total of 646 male and female who been married for 3 years or less, living in Seoul, and whose fathers or mothers are still alive. The questionaire, including of attachment, autonomy, marital satisfaction scales, are distributed to collect the data. The main results are as follows: 1. Intimate-Dependent type is 31% each in relation to fathers and mothers. Distant-Independent type is 30% in relation to fathers, 27% in relation to mothers. Balanced type is 21% in relation to fathers, 23% in relation to mothers. Undeveloped type is 18% in relation to fathers, 19% in relation to mothers. 2. there is interaction effect between parental sex and adult children's sex as related to attachment levels, autonomy levels. 3. There is statistically significant difference among attachment-autonomy patterns as related to adult children's marital satisfaction. 4. Attachment and autonomy in relation to fathers and attachment in relation to mothers affect sons' marital satisfaction positively. Attachment in relation to fathers and mothers affect positively to daughters' marital satisfaction.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.567-574
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• 2021

This study confirmed factors affecting sexual autonomy with self-esteem and sexual awareness as variables to lay the foundation for nursing intervention that helps female college students grow into subjects who can promote safe sexual activity and sexual health. A self-administered online survey of 139 students from three Colleges was conducted from February 15 to 21, 2021. The data were analyzed using a t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple regression. The significant predictors of sexual autonomy were self-esteem (𝛽=0.393, p<.001), experience of dating (𝛽=0.213, p=.008) and sexual consciousness (𝛽=0.175, p=.028) and their explanatory power was 22.1%. In order for female college students to have autonomy as sexual subjects, they must be able to have a positive sense of self-esteem that values themselves and healthy sexual consciousness. Furthermore, they must be able to have a positive experience of socializing with the opposite sex. Therefore, individual efforts and social support to promote self-esteem are required, and educational mediation is needed to contribute to the promotion of sexual autonomy through efficient communication between men and women with a healthy sexual consciousness

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.97-105
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the effects of psychological need satisfaction in exercise and motivation for exercise on physical activity. Methods: Eighty-five women working in three retail and health service sectors completed self-reported questionnaires during September and November 2018. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 24.0 through descriptive statistics, t-tests, and logistic regression analysis. Results: Logistic regression analysis showed that intrinsic motivation (OR=1.95, 95% CI: 1.10~3.47) and autonomy (OR=1.65, 95% CI: 1.00~2.70) affected female workers' physical activity. Conclusion: To improve physical activity among women working in retail and health service sectors, programs to improve autonomy and intrinsic motivation should be developed and examined.