O conhecimento, enquanto fator capaz de exercer influência sobre as atitudes, é um pré-requisito fundamental nos programas de prevenção dos comportamentos sexuais de risco. Este estudo teve como objetivo desenvolver um instrumento para avaliar os conhecimentos dos adolescentes sobre a sexualidade. O Questionário de Conhecimentos sobre Sexualidade pretende avaliar os conhecimentos num continuum de dificuldade e distinguir os alunos com diferentes níveis de saberes. A amostra foi constituída por 1545 adolescentes com uma média de 16 anos (DP=1.80) que frequentam a escola. Os resultados evidenciam que as raparigas estão mais informadas do que os rapazes, e que os jovens portugueses com mais de 15 anos, sem religião, com mais de 5 anos de educação sexual na escola e que tiveram a mãe como educadora sexual são os que têm mais conhecimentos sobre a sexualidade. As atitudes dos adolescentes em relação ao preservativo mostraram estar associadas aos conhecimentos e os adolescentes que usaram preservativo no último encontro sexual revelaram níveis mais elevados de conhecimentos. Palavras-chave: Conhecimentos; Educação Sexual; Adolescentes; Questionário ABSTRACTKnowledge, as a factor that exerts influence on attitudes, is a fundamental prerequisite in prevention programs of risky sexual behaviours. The aim of this study was to develop an instrument that would assess the knowledge that adolescents have about sexuality. The Knowledge about Sexuality Questionnaire assesses the knowledge in a difficulty continuum and also the distinction of students with different levels of knowledge. The sample was composed by 1545 adolescents with a mean age of 16 years (SD=1.80) that attend school. The results show that girls are more informed than boys, and that Portuguese adolescents older than 15, without religion, with more than 5 years of sexual education in school and having their mothers as sexual educators are the ones with more knowledge about sexuality. The attitudes of the adolescents towards the use of condom are associated with the knowledge they have about it and the adolescents that used condom in their last sexual relation reveal higher levels of knowledge. Keywords: Knowledge; Sexual Education; Adolescents; Questionnaire
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