Ramadugu Shashikumar, Ryali Vssr, Srivastava K, Bhat P S, Prakash J
Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2011 Jan;20(1):49-55. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.98416.
Adolescence is a very exciting phase of life fraught with many challenges like sexuality. Understanding them is important in helping the adolescents grow up healthily.
To ascertain the attitudes and knowledge about sexuality among school-going adolescents.
Students in two urban schools of an Indian city from class IX to XII were administered a self-reporting questionnaire on matters related to sexuality.
Requisite ethical clearances were taken as also the consent of the parents and students before administration of the questionnaire. The authors clarified doubts to adolescents.
Statistical package for social sciences.
The incidence of having sexual contact was 30.08% for boys and 17.18% for girls. 6.31% boys and 1.31% girls reported having had experienced sexual intercourse. Friends constituted the main sexual partners for both boys and girls. Sexual abuse had been reported by both girls and boys. These and other findings are discussed in the article.
Adolescent school students are involved in sexual activity, but lack adequate knowledge in this regard. Students, teachers, and parents need to understand various aspects of sexuality to be able to help adolescents' healthy sexual development.
青春期是人生中一个非常令人兴奋的阶段，但充满了许多挑战，比如性方面的问题。了解这些问题对于帮助青少年健康成长很重要。
确定在校青少年对性的态度和知识。
对印度一座城市两所城市学校中九年级至十二年级的学生进行了一项关于性相关问题的自填式问卷调查。
在发放问卷之前，已获得必要的伦理许可以及家长和学生的同意。作者向青少年澄清了疑问。
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有性接触的发生率男孩为30.08%，女孩为17.18%。6.31%的男孩和1.31%的女孩报告有过性交经历。朋友是男孩和女孩的主要性伴侣。男孩和女孩都报告遭受过性虐待。本文讨论了这些及其他发现。
青少年学生参与性活动，但在这方面缺乏足够的知识。学生、教师和家长需要了解性的各个方面，以便能够帮助青少年实现健康的性发育。
