Sexual Problem Behaviors in High School Students

Kim, Hyeon-Ok; Park, Gwang-Sug; Jeon, Mi-Suk

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2007;13(2):257-265.
Published online December 31, 2007.

Kim, Hyeon-Ok;Park, Gwang-Sug;Jeon, Mi-Suk;

¹College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Chonbuk National University
²Baeksuk Primary School
³Health Teacher, Gosan Primary School

일 지역 고등학생의 성문제 행동

김현옥, 박광숙, 전미숙

¹전북대학교 간호대학, 전북대학교 간호과학연구소
²김제 백석초등학교 보건
³완주 고산초등학교 보건

Abstract

Purpose
This study was done to investigate sexual problem behaviors of high school students in one province, North Cholla. Method: The participants in this research were 951 high school students, grades 1, 2 and 3, chosen at random in big cities, small towns and rural areas of North Cholla Province. Result: The routes for sexual knowledge acquisition were through a peer group or an older member(35.8%), internet(29.8%), classes and the teacher at school(18.8%), multimedia(8.4%) and parents (7.2%). The percentages for domains of sexual problem behaviors were masturbation 36.7%, sexual impulse 35.6%, voyeurism 12.6%, sexual violence 9.6%, transvestism 4.1%, prostitution 3.5%, exhibitionism 3.1%, and pregnancy of a female student 0.6%. Sexual problem behaviors experienced by 30% or more of the students were reported as the experience of the desire to embrace, the desire to kiss, the desire to touch a friend's body of the opposite sex, masturbation and the desire to sleep with a friend of the opposite sex. The biggest sexual problem behaviors for the students were sexual impulses toward friends of the opposite sex and masturbation. These experience rates were higher for boys than for girls(p<.05), higher vocationally than academicly(p<.05), and higher in the largest cities than smaller cities and rural area(p<.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest that systematic programs that focus on a problem solution method should be developed for sexual problem behavior prevention.

Key Words: Sex, Knowledge, Sexual behavior