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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"sexual knowledge"”.
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North Korean refugee women's sexual knowledge and Attitude Survey
… been increasing recently but the study on their sexual knowledge and behaviors have been limited. Many women face sexual harassment and hardships during the refugee process, making it much harder for the researchers to approach them regarding the issue. Therefore, this study attempts to find out …
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The Relationship Between Transmission of Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Attitude, and Culture
<p>Purpose</p> <p>Sexual knowledge is important for healthy development of adolescents and adults. Currently, there is no consistent mode of introducing the topic of sex to an individual who has not previously learned about the topic. If a shift were to occur in transmission of sexual knowledge, …
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Sexual Knowledge and Learning in Apartheid South Africa, c. 1950-1990
… countries in Africa to integrate comprehensive sexuality education into its school curriculum. However, a very different policy landscape existed prior to democratic transition in 1994. The apartheid regime imposed a stringent racial hierarchy that extended to educational institutions, …
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Sources of Sexual Knowledge, Sex Negativity, and Sexual Shame: Honors Capstone Thesis
… relations between (a) the sources of people’s knowledge about sex, (b) their trust in information obtained from each source, (c) sex-negative attitudes and misinformation about sex (SNAM), and (d) sexual shame. Using an online questionnaire, 354 participants from a large, comprehensive …
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The Effects of a College Human Sexuality Course on Students' Sexual Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior.
… of a semester to assess the effect of a human sexuality course on students' sexual knowledge, sexual attitude, and sexual behaviors. Data analysis by t-tests showed statistical differences between the experimental and comparison group only on sexual knowledge scores ( p < .001), with the …
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Student perceptions of parent-adolescent closeness and communication about sexuality : relations with sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
… and parents are concerned with how best to shape sexual development because of the myriad personal and social complications that can occur for adolescents along with becoming sexually active. Many variables have been shown individually to influence sexuality. Of specific interest in this study was …
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Adolescent sexuality in Namibia: An analysis of sexual knowledge, attitudes and practices among secondary school learners in Katutura
… socio-cultural influences on adolescent sexuality, focusing on secondary school learners in Katutura, a former township during apartheid. In Namibia adolescent sexuality has received much attention recently from both national and international levels as to the context in which sexual …
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Sexual tension : the imagined learner projected through the recontextualising of sexual knowledge into pedagogic communication in two curricula in South Africa and Ontario, Canada
… by these curricula in the recontextualising of sexual knowledge into pedagogic communication. Using a deductive framework built on Basil Bernstein’s concepts of classification, framing, vertical and horizontal discourse and instructional and regulative discourse to recognise the structure, and …
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College students' knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in relation to sexual self-efficacy
Resources associated with learning about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were investigated in relation to college students' sexual knowledge and sexual self-efficacy. Participants included 50 male and 67 female students ages 18, 19, and 20 at West Virginia University. Self-report surveys …
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Sex education for individuals who have a developmental disability : the need for assessment
This study was an evaluation of the sexual knowledge of individuals who have '"a developmental disability and the effect of sex education. This was also a pilot study involving the evaluation of the Socio-Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Assessment Tool (SSKAAT; Griffiths & Lunsky, in press). This …
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`Exploring relationships': a study of young people's (hetero)sexual subjectivities, knowledge and practices
… examine the relationships between young people's sexual knowledge, sexual subjectivities and (hetero)sexual practices. It also aims to investigate how young people's articulation and experiences of their sexual knowledge, subjectivities and practices are gendered. A further goal is to re-examine …
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Sex guilt and its associations in a sexually abused population
… that appears to have an inhibitory effect on sexual behavior and sexual attitudes. Specifically, individuals high in sex guilt tend to engage in fewer sexual relations, use contraceptives less often, and have less sexual knowledge. Issues concerning sexual behaviors and attitudes may be …
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The relationship of psychosexual factors and eating disorders
… investigation of the potential role of psychosexual factors in the development of the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. The study sample involved 41 female eating disordered patients (16 anorexics and 25 bulimics), diagnosed using the DSM-III-R criteria. These patients were recruited from …
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A Multidimensional Investigation of Sexuality in Older Adults Within a Successful Aging Model
Sexual well-being in later life has traditionally been evaluated in relation to age-related physical limitations and sexual dysfunction. This study developed a multidimensional model of sexual well-being by investigating sexual interest, sexual attitudes (general and age-specific), and age-specific …
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Completing the Puzzle: Exploring Possible Antecedents to Rape Myth Acceptance
… influences not only the likelihood of a sexual assault occurring, but also whether or not the incident is reported, and how the victims view themselves and their experiences afterwards (Burnett et ah, 2009). The present study surveyed college students to assess their levels of social …
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How Adopting Stereotypical Roles May Impact Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young African American College Women
<p>Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention issues for women, particularly women of color, are multifaceted and far-reaching. Cultural dynamics unique to black women, such as attitudes, values and beliefs are often not considered. The proposed study assesses culturally specific factors that …
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The Familial cycle of adolescent pregnancy: fact or fiction
… is primary in accounting for teenage sexual knowledge and behavior. The theoretical framework of the study was based on Bandura's (1977) theory of social learning. The data were collected in a north Texas women's health clinic from the charts of pregnant women who registered for …
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Health knowledge and expected outcomes of risky behaviour: a comparative study of non-disabled adolescents and young people with intellectual and physical disabilities
… habits, excessive alcohol consumption, and risky sexual behaviour). While knowledge alone does not always result in the adoption of healthier behavioural choices, it is an important prerequisite if young people are too keep themselves safe. In addition, understanding what young people know about …
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