Spolnost in mladi - kaj vedo in kaj jih zanima
Sexuality and adolescents - what they know and what interests them

slovenian

2003

volume 72, supl. 2

Adolescence   Questionnaires   Sex Education   sexual intercourse   Sexuality

Slovensko zdravniško društvo
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Background. Adolescents often decide on sexual intercourse without previous knowledge of negative consequences of sexuality. The intension of our lecturesis therefore to inform the young and to advise them on how to protect them selves from these consequences. The information on the amount of knowledge of sexuality that adolescents have, and what interests them most, can be provided by a survey only. Thus, the survey serves as the basis for preparation of the lecture that focuses on the topics that adolescents are less familiar with and/or are most interested in. The adolescents are more eager to listen to the lecture that they helped create. Methods. The questionnaire was filled-in by 222 adolescents who attended lectures on sexuality in the school year 2002/3, 121 girls (mean age 14.47+-1.12 years) and 101 boys (mean age 14.55+-1.31 years); 18 (17.8%) boys and 10 (8.3%) girlswere sexually active. Results. In boys the mean age at the first sexual intercourse was 15.1+-1.5 years, they had mean 2.0+-2.4 sexual partners. In girls the mean age at the first sexual intercourse was 14.5+-1.1 years, they had mean 4.6+-4.3 sexual partners. The first sexual intercourse was unprotected in 4 (22.2%) boys and in 5 (50.0%) girls. Only 8 (7.9%) boys and 24 (19.8%) girls enumerated 5 contraceptive methods, 8 (7.9%) boys and 23 (19.0%) girls were familiar with at least 3 sexually transmitted diseases. Major sources of information on sexuality for boys were school, television andparents, and for girls school, parents and books. The most frequently askedquestion by both boys and girls was, "What is the right time for the sexual intercourse? Almost one half of respondents, 49 (48.5%) boys and 51 (42.1%) girls agreed that sexuality is sufficiently discussed. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).

10.04.2014