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dc.contributor.author | Raftopoulos, Vasilios | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kouta, Christiana | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-10T08:01:08Z | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-17T09:30:29Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-09T09:46:08Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-10T08:01:08Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-17T09:30:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-09T09:46:08Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Health Science Journal, 2010, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 48-56 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1791809X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3868 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Sexual health education and training is a matter of great importance, however it remains, most of the times, a controversial issue across cultures and countries. Risky health behavior, with the lack of insight, may be an obstacle in providing adolescents with greater opportunity for a healthy sexual and reproductive life. Purpose: To examine Greek-Cypriot adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about sexuality, sexual and reproductive health and explore the influence of the dynamic interplay of transnational and local socio-cultural norms and values. Sample and Method: A Pancyprian survey of 697, third grade public general secondary schools students has been conducted. An anonymous and self-completed questionnaire was used to assess beliefs on sexual and reproductive health. For the analysis of data was used the statistical package SPSS 15 and the methods chi-squared test, pearson r and descriptive statistics. Results: Almost 50% (N=346) of the participants reported that contraception is a sin. The factors that affect adolescents' emergent sexuality are church power (29%), family (79%), knowledge on sexuality issues (81%) and media power (43%). For the majority of the participants (97%) religion plays a central role in their daily life. Also, 30% (n=102) of males and 27% (n=97) of females stated that the church should be involved in sexuality education. Further, 42% (n=143) of the men believed that is acceptable for a woman to have premarital relations, as opposed to 31% (n=113) of women who believed that is acceptable for a woman to have premarital relations. Conclusion: The results reveal the influence of socio-cultural factors, such as church and family in participants' understanding sexuality. The use of a descriptive model will help in understanding the local socio-cultural parameters that influence the general understanding of sexuality. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Health Science Journal | en_US |
dc.rights | ® Health Science Journal | en_US |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | Culture | en_US |
dc.subject | Model | en_US |
dc.subject | Religion | en_US |
dc.subject | Sexuality | en_US |
dc.subject | Cyprus | en_US |
dc.title | A descriptive model of emergent sexuality in greek cypriot adolescents | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.collaboration | Cyprus University of Technology | en_US |
dc.subject.category | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.journals | Subscription | en_US |
dc.review | peer reviewed | - |
dc.country | Cyprus | en_US |
dc.subject.field | Medical and Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.publication | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.dept.handle | 123456789/118 | en |
dc.relation.issue | 1 | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 4 | en_US |
cut.common.academicyear | 2009-2010 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 48 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 56 | en_US |
item.fulltext | No Fulltext | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.grantfulltext | none | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | article | - |
crisitem.journal.journalissn | 1791-809X | - |
crisitem.journal.publisher | iMedPub | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0003-1042-642X | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-2079-638X | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
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