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ERIC Number: EJ1251787
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2073-7629
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An Exploratory Study of Hungarian University Students' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviours
Keresztes, Noemi; Piko, Bettina F.; Howard-Payne, Lynlee; Gupta, Himanshu
International Journal of Emotional Education, v12 n1 p83-87 Apr 2020
Sexual health includes not only the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unwanted and unplanned pregnancy, coercion, violence and discrimination, but also a positive approach to sexuality (Edwards & Coleman, 2004). Although Hungary is still among the countries with low HIV/STISs infection rate, sexually active young people are at higher risk of infection (Goodwin et al., 2003; Gyarmathy, McNutt, et al., 2002; UnAIDS, 2018). Given this paucity of research on sexual behavior and risk-taking in Hungary, the objective of the present study was to seek information on youth's sexual attitudes and behaviours and categorize students according to their risk-taking behavior. Participants of an online survey included under- or postgraduate university student across Hungary (aged 18-30 years, N = 357, 73.9% female). The survey consisted of items on participants' demographic characteristics, sexual activity, behavior and sex-related attitudes, namely The Sexual Self-Concept Scale et al., 2006); The Sociosexual Orientation Inventory - Revised (SOI-R) (Penke & Asendorpf, 2008); The Sexual Sensation Seeking (SSS) scale (Kalichman et al., 1994). Study findings indicate that university students in this sample were rather sexually active, having problems with condom use as a means of protection, particularly with casual partners. In addition, those who are not heterosexual are exceptionally at risk in terms of unprotected sex and particular sex-related attitudes, such as sociosexual and sexual sensation seeking motivations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary
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