Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3868
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dc.contributor.authorRaftopoulos, Vasilios-
dc.contributor.authorKouta, Christiana-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-10T08:01:08Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-17T09:30:29Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-09T09:46:08Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-10T08:01:08Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-17T09:30:29Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-09T09:46:08Z-
dc.date.issued2010-01-
dc.identifier.citationHealth Science Journal, 2010, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 48-56en_US
dc.identifier.issn1791809X-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3868-
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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
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dc.relation.ispartofHealth Science Journalen_US
dc.rights® Health Science Journalen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectModelen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectSexualityen_US
dc.subjectCyprusen_US
dc.titleA descriptive model of emergent sexuality in greek cypriot adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.subject.categoryHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.reviewpeer reviewed-
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldMedical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/118en
dc.relation.issue1en_US
dc.relation.volume4en_US
cut.common.academicyear2009-2010en_US
dc.identifier.spage48en_US
dc.identifier.epage56en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1791-809X-
crisitem.journal.publisheriMedPub-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-1042-642X-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-2079-638X-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
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