從網路性提問分析青少年性教育需求－他們究竟想知道什麼？

Understanding Adolescent Sex Education Needs from the Analysis of a Web-based Forum

高淑貞(Shu-Chen Kao) ； 黃以文(Yee-Wen Huang)

《中華輔導學報》 16期 (2004/09) Pp. 1-34

https://doi.org/10.7082/CARGC.200409.0001

摘要

青少年性教育除了學校有限課程教導外，使用網路取得相關性資訊與答案乃是現今青少年取得性知識的趨勢。本研究針對網路中實際發生的提問問題作文字內容分析，以期瞭解青少年在使用網路作為性資訊取得來源時，其實際提出的問題與常見困擾為何，藉以探究現今青少年對性教育的實際需求。研究結果可以整理出青少年上網提問的主要八大關注性相關主題，分別是性生理、性發展、自慰、避孕與懷孕、性別取向、兩性問題、性相關資訊、以及一般生活議題。這八大性教育主題的需求不似完整性教育論者所提的那麼多；但是也不是禁慾教育路線者所提供的限制性資訊可以滿足。若以青少年為中心設計因應其需求的性教育內容與模式，則應瞭解其需求後方能給的適切與適量。另外也發現青少年對於個人生理性方面的疑問仍是其最主要關注的層面，而青少年嚴重的性行為問題應屬懷孕的恐懼，這其中仍有性別差異的不同問題關注。性傳染疾病、性虐待、文化與社會是性教育者強調但網路青少年較忽略的議題。在使用網路作為性教育媒介上，觀察提問頻率、態度與內容，採行網路性教育應是一個值得鼓勵的方式且為潮流的趨勢。最後根據本研究經驗，對未來研究提出相關建議。

關鍵字

青少年性教育 ； 性教育模式 ； 性教育主題 ； 網路性教育 ； 網路研究

並列摘要

Adolescents need accurate and comprehensive education about sexuality in order to practice healthy sexual behaviour as adults. Society has a responsibility to help adolescents understand and accept their evolving sexuality, and to help them make responsible sexual choices. Traditional school curriculum may not afford the necessary information that teens require, however, the offering of frank sex education in schools is often a topic of debate. ”What” and ”when” questions are frequently asked. Today, the internet is emerging as a unique and critical site of sexuality education. It offers teens a chance to take control of their sexual learning.
This study investigates sex questions from a web-based forum on adolescent sex education and analyzes the major concerns expressed. The total sample are 1263 questions. The study also examines how educators might use the internet to meet the sexual education needs of young people in healthy and age-appropriate ways. Analysis of the sample reveals eight major themes, in order of teen interest: physical sexual concerns, sexual development, masturbation, contraception/ pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender relationships, other sexually related information, and general life adjustment. These eight themes could represent the core content for an adolescent- centered approach to sex education. In terms of the amount of information offered, such a model would sit between the two existing traditional models. It would offer a narrowed focus compared to comprehensive broad-based sex education (which covers all topics regardless of teen interest), but more information than the abstinence-only approach. Findings indicate that questions on physical sexuality, sexual development and risk of pregnancy are high on the list of concerns that teens have. Questions about sexually transmitted diseases, sexual abuse and cultural/societal issues are of less interest to teens.
Following analysis of the sample questions, researchers concluded that a web-based forum for adolescent sex education could be recommended because young people are willing to seek information and request answers to their questions through the anonymous medium of the internet. Considerations and recommendations for the creation of such an online adolescent-centered sex education program are discussed.

並列關鍵字

Adolescents sex education ； internet research ； sex education approach ； sex education theme ； web-based sexuality education

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