The Relation between Sexuality Knowledge and Sexual Behavior of Adolescents

摘要

Poor sexual behaviour among adolescent is closely related to the lack of knowledge regarding sexuality. The purpose of this present study was to determine the relationship between knowledge about sexuality and adolescent sexual behaviour. The method used in this study is analytic survey with cross sectional approach. The sample includes 293 students. The data is presented in a form of distribution table. Furthermore, chi-square statistics is used to analyse the whole variable. The result of the study shows that 64.3% of adolescents have limited knowledge on sexuality. 38.6% adolescents receive information regarding sexuality from friends. Adolescent's sexual behaviour that is classified as less as much as 2.7%. There is a significant relationship between knowledge about sexuality and adolescent sexual behaviour, statistically p=0,000 < 0.05. In conclusion, there is a positive relationship between knowledge of sexuality and adolescent sexual behaviour.