Adolescent's behavior, informing and opinion about sexuality
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.1510Keywords:
adolescents, prevention the high-risk sexual behaviour, sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted diseasesAbstract
The acceptance of sexual identity and responsible sexual behavior are the basic areas of adolescent development. High-risk sexual behaviour in adolescent age can have indirect and long-term consequences. Among the indirect ones are unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, while chronic illnesses, pregnancy problems and life-threatening illnesses are some of the possible log-term consequences. Therefore adolescents sexual behavior have significant individual and social consequences. The aim of this research was to determine adolescents' knowledge, attitutude and behaviour regarding the sexuality. Among 36 boys and 64 girls, all aged 16-18, 27 young men and 11 young women claimed to be sexually active. It has been proven that boys have a higher tendency to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour. Regarding the questions concerning the awareness of sexually transmitted diseases, the results are satisfactory. Girls are more approving of the introduction of sexual education in schools, and they are also more ready for parenthood than their male counterparts. Despite the satisfactory knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, this research confirms the need for sexual education in schools.References
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