Pengaruh Faktor Personal terhadap Perilaku Seksual Pranikah pada Remaja di Kota Kendari Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara
Journal Title: Kesmas: National Public Health Journal - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
High premarital sexual behavior among teenagers are caused by personal factors, such as health sexual knowledge, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV / AIDS, attitudes towards sexuality, self-esteem and self-efficacy. This study aimed to find out the influence of personal factor to premarital sexual behavior among teenagers in the Kendari City as assessed through questionnaires and in-depth interviews.The study design was cross-sectional study with a sample of 200 adolescents from four public schools in Kendari City from August to October 2015. Logistic regression analysis showed teenagers having lack of knowledge of sexual health, STIs and HIV / AIDS had 4.28 times risk having permissive attitude toward sexuality had 5 times risk, having low self-esteem had 3.3 times risk and having low self-efficacy had 2.5 times to perform premarital sexual behavior. Qualitative analysis showed that attitude variable was the factor giving the biggest risk in risky premarital sexual behavior among teenagers.
Authors and Affiliations
Rosdarni Rosdarni, Djaswani Dasuki, Sumarni Djoko Waluyo
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