Assessment of sexual attitude and self-consciousness situations of midwifery studentsEbelik bölümü öğrencilerinin cinsel tutum ve öz-bilinç durumlarının değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

This study was designed to assess students' sexual attitudes and self-consciousness. This descriptive study was conducted by reaching 330 students who agreed to participate in the research and being educated at the midwifery department of Health Sciences Faculty of Selçuk University between May 1 and June 15, 2017. "Personal Information Form", "Hendrick Sexual Attitude Scale" (HSAS) and Sexual Self Consciousness Scale (SSCS) were used as data collection in the research. Consent was taken from the institution to conduct the research. The average age of the students participating in the study is 20.93±1.78, 97.3% is single, 60% is living in the dormitory and 30.6% is living with the family. 79.7% of the student’s level of monthly income was moderate and 84.5% is above the general grade average. Of those who reported that premarital sexuality was unacceptable (89.1%), 62.7% were considered it sinful and 13% were considered to be second-hand by their boyfriend. 94.5% of the students had no sexual experience. 3.6% of students with sexual experience (5.5%) were used condom. It was determined that 73.3% of the students got information about sex, and the information source was lectures (58.2%). The mean approving subscale score of the students was 42.32±7.05, the birth control subscale score was 12.8±3.92, the sharing subscale score was 14.92±4.48 and the instrumentality subscale score was 15.69±4.16. The mean SSCS score of the students was 29.98±7.76, and the mean score of sexual shyness subscale was 14.54±5.05 and the score of sexual self-conscious subscale was 15.43±4.13. There was a statistically significant difference in the admissibility of premarital sexuality and in the confirmatory subscale of HSAS, the sexual shyness subscale of SSCS (p