Conhecimentos dos adolescentes sobre sexualidade e afetos / Adolescent knowledge on sexuality and affects
Rev. Rol enferm
; 43(1,supl): 171-178, ene. 2020. tab
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: ibc-193178
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ABSTRACT
Background:
In the school environment, sex education is included in health education, and it is essential to address it clearly in the various age groups. With a view to healthy sexuality, adolescents should acquire knowledge in this area.Objectives:
To identify the interlocutor of adolescents, attending the 6th grade, to talk about sexuality and affections. To evaluate the effect of formative intervention on adolescents' level of knowledge on the subject.Methods:
Longitudinal study in a short panel, conducted in an accidental nonprobabilistic sample, for convenience, consisting of 110 adolescents attending the 6th grade. A self-completed questionnaire with sociodemographic characterization of students / parents, a person with whom they talk about sexuality and affections and a scale of knowledge was used.Results:
Participants are between 10 and 14 years old with an average of 11.53 (+/- 0.591SD). The adolescents are mostly male (60.1%), living in urban areas (82.5%) with their father and mother (82.2%). They revealed adequate knowledge on the theme of sexuality and affection (44.7%); they highlighted teachers as interlocutors to talk about sex (54.5%) and parents to talk about affect (60.0%). In the present study, it is the younger adolescents and those living in urban areas who have the best levels of knowledge about sexuality and affection.Conclusion:
Adolescents improved their level of knowledge after the formative intervention on "Sexuality & Affections", a fact that reinforces the importance of this type of health education sessions in the school contextRESUMO
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Main subject:
Psychosexual Development
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Sexual Behavior
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Adolescent Behavior
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Sexuality
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Affect
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Rol enferm
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV)/Portugal
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Polytechnic Institute of Viseu/Portugal