Attitude toward sexual behavior among Mahasarakham University students
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This cross-sectional analytic study examined attitude toward sexual behavior among Mahasarakham University students. A total of 200 study sujects were recruited by using the Simple Random Sampling Technique and divided into two groups which included those who ever enrolled in the sex education class (100 students; Group I) and those who never took such class (100 students; Group II). Data was collected by using questionnaire and was analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as comparative statistic, such as independent samples t-test.
Findings indicated that the participants had an average age of 19 years and the majority of them stayed at a dormitory or a rental house (79.0 %). For the attitude towards sexual behavior, it was found that a large number of the participants had strongly agreed on the issues such as their parents play the most important role for adolescent sexual behavior (Group I 50.0% Group II 42.0%); persons with scopophilia or exhibitionists were considered as having mental disorder (66.0 % in Group I and 48.0 % in Group II); abortion in unplanned teen pregnancy (48.0 % in Group I and 38.0 % in Group II); alcoholic drinking leads a person to engage in sexual risk behavior and HIV infection (61.0 % in Group I and 51.0 % in Group II). There was a significant difference between participants in Group I and Group II regarding attitude towards sexual behavior, particularly in terms of sexual identity and gender role, sexual development and diversity of human sexuality (at p < 0.05) in that the participants in Group I had better attitude than those in Group II.
Findings from this research pointed out the importance of providing sex education in class to undergraduate students in the university to enhance their attitude on human sexuality, so that they will be able to express their sexual behavior according to their sexual identity and gender role accepted by the society.