The Effect of Sexuality Course on Sex - Role Stereotypes and Sexual Attitude in University Students

Kye Eun Lee; Nam Sun Kim

doi:10.4069/kjwhn.2003.9.1.5

Purpose

The purpose of this study was 1) to classify university student's attitudes toward sex, 2) to confirm the effects of sexuality course on sex-role stereotypes and sexual attitude in university students.

Method

The subjects in this study were 212 K university students in Kangwon Province between 3/7/2001 ~ 6/13/2001. The instruments used for this study were the general characteristics, sexual attitude and sex-role stereotypes.

The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, Factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha using the SPSS program.

Result

University students' attitude toward sex are divided into three types. Type I are called open mined : 16, 33, 28, 10, 18, 2, 30, 25, 26, 27, 22, 19, 29, 21, 9, 5 items.

Type II are supporters of virginal purity: 8, 6, 31, 17, 14, 33 items. Type III express love through sexual intercourse: 20, 24, 7, 3, 15, 32 items.
There was a significant difference in the appearance and occupational characteristics of sex-role stereotypes before and after the sexuality course(t=2.562, p<.05).
In Type III, there was a significant difference in sexual attitude before and after the sexuality course(t=3.576, p<.0001).
The data showed the relationships between type III of sexual attitude and sex-role stereotypes(r=-.315, p<.0001).
Sex-role stereotypes according to the demographic characteristics before sexuality course were significantly different by age, gender, experience of military service, experience of sex education and experience of sexual intercourse.

Sex-role stereotypes according to the demographic characteristics after sexuality course were significantly different by gender and experience of sexual intercourse.
Sexual attitude according to the demographic characteristics before sexuality course were significantly different by major(type I), age, grade, experience of military service and experience of sexual intercourse(type II), age, grade, gender, experience of military service, experience of sex education and experience of sexual intercourse.

Sexual attitude according to the demographic characteristics after sexuality course were significantly different by religion and major(type I), age and grade(type II), age, grade, gender, religion and experience of sexual intercourse.

Conclusion

This study showed that a sexuality course was effective in changing the sex-role stereotypes and sexual attitude of university students.