The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of a
college human sexuality course upon sex knowledge, attitudes toward
sexual behaviors of non-significant others, and attitudes toward the
sexual behaviors of self and spouse. In addition, the study sought to
investigate the relationship between knowledge gain and attitude...
The major purpose of this study was to determine the current status
of family life/sex education programs in the public high schools of
Oregon. A mail questionnaire was submitted to all health teachers in
all the high schools in Oregon. The questionniare was mailed twice to
447 health teachers in...
This study examined the sex education practices of middle class parents with preschool children. Subjects were 128 parents of three- to five year -old children, including 37 mothers of daughters, 37 mothers of sons, 27 fathers of daughters, and 27 fathers of sons. These parents were administered a sex education...
Four instruments were developed to assess sex education
attitudes and skills of parents. The Parental Perception of
Preadolescent Child (PPPC), Parental Attitudes Toward the Sex
Education of Children (PATSEC), Topic Checklist (TC) and
Index of Challenging Questions for Parents of Preadolescents
(ICQPP) provided measures on how parents perceive maturity
and...
This study examined the impact of a Sex Education Workshop on mothers' responses to their children's sexual questions and behaviors Subjects included 88 mothers equally divided into experimental and control groups. Experimental and control groups consisted of an equal number of mothers from high and low socioeconomic levels. Furthermore, an...
The purpose of this study was to collect information on relevant sexuality
education content for adolescents by assessing students' interests and
perceived needs. Subjects in this study were middle school students.
Two methods of data collection were employed, therefore, this study was
conducted in two phases. In the first phase,...
The purposes of this study were: to collect information relative
to the content of the sex education information adolescents have received
from selected sources, to ascertain their appraisal of the
value of this information and to test hypotheses concerning communication
and dissemination of information on sexual topics between
adults and...