Carter S M, Carter D S
Health Promotion Services Branch, Health Department of Western Australia, East Perth.
Health Educ Res. 1993 Jun;8(2):233-43. doi: 10.1093/her/8.2.233.
Teenagers comprise a substantial proportion of the 'at risk' population for sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) and AIDS. They are, also, potentially amenable to the curriculum influences of the high school, suggesting that a high profile needs to be accorded to sexuality education curricula. The variable of receptivity along gender lines to sexuality education programs is explored and reported in this study. An instrument was constructed to measure key constitutive variables in the dimensions of meaning and attitude, and administered to a sample of Western Australian high school students (N = 533). Data were subjected to a two-way ANOVA with sex and school as the dependent variables. It was found that there are differences in receptivity to sexuality education curricula between male and female high school students; that receptivity, irrespective of gender, rises with increasing curriculum provision and with males showing higher gains when compared with females. The findings have implications for policy makers and administrators in providing access to extensive school-based sexuality education curricula.
青少年在性传播疾病（STD）和艾滋病的“高危”人群中占相当大的比例。他们也有可能受到高中课程的影响，这表明性教育课程需要受到高度重视。本研究探讨并报告了不同性别对性教育项目接受程度的差异。构建了一种工具来测量意义和态度维度中的关键构成变量，并对西澳大利亚州高中生样本（N = 533）进行了施测。数据以性别和学校为因变量进行了双向方差分析。结果发现，高中男生和女生对性教育课程的接受程度存在差异；无论性别如何，接受程度随着课程设置的增加而提高，并且与女生相比，男生的提高幅度更大。这些研究结果对政策制定者和管理人员在提供广泛的校内性教育课程方面具有启示意义。
