Abstract:
Background: Adolescence is a time of storm and stress, because adolescents experience many challenges both from themselves (biopsychosocial factors) and the environment (environmental factors). Adolescents who do not have the ability to face challenges, can end up in various complex health problems as a result of their risky behavior. This research is done to find out information about sex with premarital sexual behavior among adolescents in the basic community group (KUB) St. Yakobus Rasul Naimata, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara in 2019. The methode of this research is observational with cross sectional design. The research subjects were adolescents aged 14-17 in the basic community group (KUB) Yakobus Rasul Naimata, Kupang City. The sampling technique is the total population with a sample size of 100 people. Data collection used a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used univariate and bivariate analysis using the chi square test. It shows that variables related to premarital sexual behavior in adolescents are sources of information about sex (p value 0.02), comfort / openness of talking about sex (p value 0.014), access to sexual information from printed media (p value 0.033), reading / watching themed sex (p value 0.044) and programs favored by adolescents (p value 0.049), while the variable not related to premarital sexual behavior among adolescents was the time to read / watch sex themed (p value 0.383).
Page(s):
996-1000
DOI:
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Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Year: 2020