Relationship between recall of sex education and college students' sexual attitudes and behavior

Walcott, Christy M.; Chenneville, Tiffany; Tarquini, Sarah

doi:10.1002/pits.20592

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“…This finding is in line with previous research results [8,9,4,7,5], indicating that providing knowledge on sexuality contributes to constructing progressive attitudes and tolerance concerning issues of sexuality. An improvement in the self-efficacy of teachers to teach after acquisition of knowledge in the relevant subject matter, in this case-sex education, was also documented in the professional literature [25].…”

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confidence: 83%

Sex Education – Why Bother? The Contribution of a Sex Education Course in a Multicultural College for StudentTeachers

Lapidot¹,

Firstater²

2018

JAER

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Abstract. This paper describes the results of a quantitative research study, pre and post design, conducted in a multicultural teachers' college in Israel, with the purpose of investigating differences between student-teachers who completed a "Human Sexuality" course and a control group, which did not. Three variables were examined: knowledge, attitudes concerning different aspects of human sexuality and self-efficacy to deal with sex education. The main findings of the research indicate a significant increase in knowledge and self-efficacy of the students, both Jews and Arabs, in the research group, but not in the control group. Attitudes were more progressive in the research group after the course, but did not change in the control group.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Sex Education – Why Bother? The Contribution of a Sex Education Course in a Multicultural College for StudentTeachers

Lapidot¹,

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2018

JAER

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“…It is worth highlighting that 30 of these programmes were conducted in developing countries and that 55 were completed in the United States. Other investigations in that same context (Schmidt, Wandersman, & Hills, 2015;Walcott, Chenneville, & Tarquini, 2011) concur with the positive effect of the educational interventions that explain scientific information, and that strengthen and promote self-efficacy and supportive attitudes towards the use of the preservative. These same works, however, underline the limited nature of many of these educational interventions, as they are not of an integral character that recognizes the sexual nature of human beings.…”

Section: Revista Dementioning

confidence: 90%

“…With a sample of adolescents in South Africa, of the same age as in this study, Taylor et al (2014) found a significant improvement in their attitudes towards sexual health and towards communication. Other recent works (Bourke et al, 2014;Clark et al, 2005;Givaudan & Pick, 2005;Kirby, 2011;Scull et al, 2014;Walcott et al, 2011) coincide in the specific improvement of attitudes linked to willingness, to prevention and to responsible sexual behaviour. In any case, the improvement of attitudes towards sexuality found in this investigation is remarkable, given the relation between the constructs liberalism-conservatism and erotophilia-erotophobia and the effects of erotophilic attitudes on healthy and satisfactory experiences of sexuality (Carrera et al, 2007;Diéguez et al, 2003;Fisher, 2009;Johnson et al, 1999; 332 DAVINIA HERAS, FERNANDO LARA, AND MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ-HAWRYLAK Psicodidáctica, 2016, 21(2), 321-337 Ramos et al, 2003;Santín, Torrico, López, & Revilla, 2003;Sueiro et al, 2004;Zubeidat, Ortega, Del Villar, & Sierra, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another of the areas that was analyzed is the impact of programmes on the development and improvement of attitudes. In the case of attitude and willingness to use the preservative or towards safe sexual practices, it has been noted that when, included in the curricula, these aspects produce an important improvement in those attitudes (Clark et al, 2005;Givaudan & Pick, 2005;Jennings et al, 2014;Scull et al, 2014;Walcott et al, 2011), while works that have evaluated the general attitude towards the human sexual act find a positive increase in these types of attitudes (Carrera et al, 2007;Pinkleton, Austin, Cohen, Chen, & Fitzgerald, 2008;Taylor et al, 2014). With regard to sexual behaviour, other studies have centred on analyzing the influences of educational proposals, agreeing that they reduce at-risk sexual practices and increase the use of the preservative (Bourke, Boduszek, Kelleher, McBride, & Morgan, 2014;Kirby, 2011), and even, in some cases, delay the onset of sexual coital activity (Duberstein & Maddow-Zimet, 2012;Kirby, 2011).…”

Section: Revista Dementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the relevance of positive attitudes on sexual health and the relevance of the implementation and evaluation of Integral Sexual Education Programmes (Grossman et al, 2014;Jennings et al, 2014;López, 2005;Schmidt et al, 2015;Walcott et al, 2011), the objective of this investigation is to design and to evaluate a Sexual Education programme that targets teenagers in early and mid-adolescence, so as to anticipate the start of their first sexual relations. To do so, the influence of the programme on the level of sexual experience of students and on the attitudes towards sexuality and masturbation are analyzed.…”

Section: Revista Dementioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of the Effects of the Sexual Education Programme SOMOS on Sexual Experience and Attitudes of Adolescents Towards Sexuality // Evaluación de los efectos del Programa de Educación Sexual SOMOS sobre la experiencia sexual y las actitudes hacia la sexualidad de adolescentes

2016

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The effects of the SOMOS Sexual Education Programme on attitudes towards sexuality in general and towards masturbation in particular, as well as the possible impact of that programme on the sexual experiences of pupils are studied. The investigation takes a sample of 123 adolescents enrolled in the 3rd year of Compulsory Secondary Education, aged between 13 and 17 years old. A design of repeated pre-test/post-test measurements was used with three experimental groups (71 students) and two control groups (52 students). To do so, the evaluation instrument was administered before and after the educational intervention (12 sessions). The results of T tests for related samples confirmed that the programme favours the development of positive attitudes towards sexuality, as well as a significant reduction in negative attitudes towards masturbation. Moreover, it was noted that the sexual experience of the students increased in a progressive way regardless of the group to which they belonged.Keywords: sexuality, attitude, adolescent, adolescent behaviour, psycho-sexual development. ResumenEl presente trabajo estudia los efectos del programa SOMOS de Educación Sexual en las actitudes hacia la sexualidad en general, y hacia la masturbación en particular, así como la posible incidencia de dicho programa en la experiencia sexual del alumnado. La investigación cuenta con una muestra de 123 adolescentes escolarizados en 3.º de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, con edades comprendidas entre 13 y 17 años. Se utiliza un diseño de medidas repetidas pre-test/post-test con grupos experimental (71 alumnos) y control (52 alumnos). Para ello, se administra antes y después de la intervención educativa (12 sesiones) el instrumento de evaluación. Los resultados de las pruebas T para muestras relacionadas confirman que el programa favorece el desarrollo de actitudes positivas hacia la sexualidad, así como la disminución significativa de las actitudes negativas hacia la masturbación. Además, se constata que la experiencia sexual del alumnado aumenta de forma progresiva independientemente del grupo de pertenencia.Palabras clave: sexualidad, actitud, adolescente, conducta del adolescente, desarrollo psicosexual.

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Assessing the effects of a sexually transmitted disease educational intervention on fraternity and sorority members’ knowledge and attitudes toward safe sex behaviors

Goldsberry

Moore

MacMillan

et al. 2016

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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Background and purpose College years are a time young adults examine high‐risk sexual behaviors, increasing their risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Fraternity/sorority membership has been identified as one factor contributing to increased risky sexual behavior in college students. This study measured the effectiveness of an educational intervention targeting STD prevention in fraternity and sorority members, and examined relationships between STD knowledge, attitudes, and demographics. Methods A descriptive, correlational design was used. Pre‐ and posttest data were collected from fraternity and sorority members (N = 132). Instruments measured demographic characteristics, STD knowledge, and attitudes toward safe sex behaviors. Conclusions There was a significant increase in STD knowledge from baseline (M = 13.03, SD = 6.5) to 1 week (M = 20.27, SD = 4.9) t (131) = −13.53, p = .000. Males were more likely to report attitudes toward risky sexual behavior rs(132) = .323, p = .000, and as knowledge increased, attitudes became more favorable to safe sex behaviors (pre‐STD knowledge and preintervention attitudes, r(132) = −.249, p = .004; post‐STD knowledge and postintervention attitudes, rs(132) = −.307, p = .000). Implications for practice Results support that brief STD educational interventions can increase STD knowledge. College health centers must aim to provide sexual health education to all students at every visit.

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Relationship between recall of sex education and college students' sexual attitudes and behavior

Cited by 19 publications

References 35 publications

Sex Education – Why Bother? The Contribution of a Sex Education Course in a Multicultural College for StudentTeachers

Sex Education – Why Bother? The Contribution of a Sex Education Course in a Multicultural College for StudentTeachers

Evaluation of the Effects of the Sexual Education Programme SOMOS on Sexual Experience and Attitudes of Adolescents Towards Sexuality // Evaluación de los efectos del Programa de Educación Sexual SOMOS sobre la experiencia sexual y las actitudes hacia la sexualidad de adolescentes

Assessing the effects of a sexually transmitted disease educational intervention on fraternity and sorority members’ knowledge and attitudes toward safe sex behaviors

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