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SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR IN CZECH PUPILS AND STUDENTS – SELECTED ASPECTS

L. Sprachalova, S. Pelcak

First published: 2017https://doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/34/S13.069View metrics

Abstract

Background: Sexual risk behaviour is one of the most significant forms of risk behaviour in adolescence. Therefore, the demand for a systematic sexual education in primary and secondary schools has been rising in the Czech Republic. Recently, a discussion has taken place about the need of sexual education in Czech schools. That is why many authors pay attention to sexual risk behaviour as a part of the general risk behaviour of children and youth. The contribution pays increased attention to the respondents aged less than 15 years, i.e. the legal age of consent in the Czech Republic. It also focuses on the group which manifests the most serious forms of risk behaviour. Methods: The method of data collection was a questionnaire which comprised five-point Likert scale items. A detailed analysis of the three selected items related to sexual behaviour describes this type of risk behaviour in secondary and high school students – including the respondents up to the age of 23.The continuous research of the school children and youth’s behaviour in two selected regions of the Czech Republic shows that respondents from this sample can be divided into several groups (clusters). Results: Results show a high number of sexually inexperienced respondents of both sexes between 15 and 17 years of age; only a negligible proportion of the sample was below the legal age of consent. The data set was, among other methods, suitable for cluster analysis which provided deeper and clear data analysis. Four clusters of respondents were selected. The clusters, as well as individual items, differed significantly in terms of sex and three age groups. Conclusion: The contribution presents provisional results of the ongoing data collection. The current partial results are in accordance with those of the national repetitive research of sexual behaviour of the Czech citizens, and correspond with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport’s notion of the primary prevention in schools concerning the human sexuality. The results show that the prevention in this area is needed and requires increased attention.

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Title
SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOUR IN CZECH PUPILS AND STUDENTS – SELECTED ASPECTS
Authors
L. Sprachalova, S. Pelcak
Proceedings
4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2017
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2017
Pages
537-544
SWS Citekey
Sprachalova201713537544
ISSN
2367-5659
ISBN
978-619-7408-21-8
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
risky sexual behavioursexual intercoursesafe sexsafe sex.
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