Investigation of Nursing Students’ Beliefs in Sexual Myths Before and After Taking a Sexual Health Course: A Single-Group Quasi-Experimental Study

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 3, 620 - 627, 25.12.2024

Nicole Esmeray , Emre Yanıkkerem

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1489472

Öz

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate nursing students' beliefs in sexual myths before and after taking a sexual health course. Materials and Methods: This study was a single-group quasi-experimental study in nursing department in the west of Türkiye. The population of the research consists of university students enrolled in the sexual health course between February 2022-June 2022. The research was completed with 117 voluntary students. The data were collected with a questionnaire on the descriptive characteristics of the students and the Sexual Myths Scale. In the first week of the sexual health course, students' sexual myths were evaluated with a questionnaire and the Sexual Myths Scale. The sexual myths of the students were reassessed in June 2022, after the students had taken a sexual health course. Results: The total mean score of the students' Sexual Myths Scale was 55.9±14.7 and 51.0±15.6 before and after taking the sexual health course. Before the course total mean score of the scale was found high in the students who were over 21 years old, male, whose mother and father were illiterate or literate. Conclusions: In the study, it was determined that the sexual health course reduced nursing students' beliefs in sexual myths.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sexual Health, Sexual Myths, Sexual Health Course, University Students.

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Cinsel Sağlık Dersi Almadan Önce ve Aldıktan Sonra Cinsel Mitlere İlişkin İnançlarının İncelenmesi: Tek Gruplu Yarı Deneysel Bir Çalışma

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinin cinsel sağlık dersi almadan önce ve aldıktan sonra cinsel mitlere yönelik inançları incelenmiştir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma Türkiye’nin batısında bir hemşirelik bölümünde yürütülmüş, tek gruplu yarı deneysel tipte bir araştırmadır. Araştırmanın evrenini Şubat 2022-Haziran 2022 tarihleri arasında cinsel sağlık dersine kayıtlı üniversite öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma 117 gönüllü öğrenci ile tamamlanmıştır. Veriler, öğrencilerin tanımlayıcı özelliklerine ilişkin anket formu ve Cinsel Mitler Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Cinsel sağlık dersinin ilk haftasında öğrencilerin cinsel mitleri bir anket ve Cinsel Mitler Ölçeği ile değerlendirilmiştir. Öğrencilerin cinsel mitleri, öğrenciler cinsel sağlık dersini aldıktan sonra Haziran 2022'de tekrar değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin Cinsel Mitler Ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması cinsel sağlık dersi almadan önce 55.9±14.7 ve aldıktan sonra 51.0±15.6'dır. Ders öncesinde 21 yaş üstü, erkek, anne ve babası okuryazar olmayan veya okuryazar olan öğrencilerin ölçek toplam puan ortalaması yüksek bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Araştırmada, cinsel sağlık dersinin hemşirelik öğrencilerinin cinsel mitler inancını azalttığı belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Cinsel Sağlık, Cinsel Mitler, Cinsel Sağlık Dersi, Üniversite Öğrencileri.

Kaynakça

• Agbemenu, K., Hannan, M., Kitutu, J., Terry, M. A., & Doswell, W. (2018). Sex will make your fingers grow thin and then you die”: The interplay of culture, myths, and taboos on African immigrant mothers’ perceptions of reproductive health education with their daughters aged 10–14 years. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(3), 697–704.
• Aker, S., Şahin, M. K., & Oğuz, G. (2019). Sexual myth beliefs and associated factors in university students. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 13(4), 472-480.
• Apay, S.E., Akpınar, R.B., & Arslan, S.(2013). Investıgatıon of students 'sexual myths. Journal of Anatolia Nursing and Health Sciences, 16(2), 96-102.
• Aşcı, Ö., & Gökdemir, F. (2021). Sexual myths and attitudes towards assessment of patient sexuality in nursing students. Health and Society, 31(1), 100-109.
• Aygin, D., Açıl, H., Yaman, Ö., & Çelik Yılmaz, A. (2017). Female university students’ opinions related to sexual myths. Andrology Bulletin, 19(2), 44-49.
• Bergenfeld, I., Lanzas, G., Trang, Q. T., Sales, J., & Yount, K. M. (2022). Rape myths among university men and women in Vietnam: A qualitative study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520928644
• Dağlı, E., & Reyhan, F. A. (2022). The effect of sexual health education on sexual myths during pregnancy among students from different health departments. YOBU Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, 3(2), 66-75.
• Davul, Ö. E., & Yazıcı, A. E. (2019). Impact of university life on sexual attitudes and sexual myths. Cukurova Medical Journal, 44(4), 1432-1441.
• Doğan, B. M., Çavuş Solmaz, Y., Eycan, Ö., Abdan, M., Doğan, M., Güder, P., ... & Bektemur, Z. (2022). Attitudes and views of university students on sexual myths/sexual assault Myths. Bulletin of Legal Medicine, 27(1), 24-34.
• Ekrem, E.C., Kurt, A., & Önal, Y. (2022). The relationship between sexual myths and intercultural sensitivity in university students. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 58(4):2910-2917.
• Evcili, F., & Demirel, G. (2018). Sexual myths of midwifery and nursing students and their attitude regarding the assessment of sexual health. Journal of Human Sciences, 15(4),2280-2288.
• Evcili, F., & Golbasi, Z. (2019). The effect of peer education model on sexual myths of Turkish university students: An interventional study. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55(2), 239-248.
• Evcili, F., & Golbasi. Z. (2017). Sexual myths and sexual health knowledge levels of Turkish university students. Sex Cult, 21(4), 976-990.
• Golbası, Z., Evcili, F., Eroglu, K., & Bircan, H. (2016). Sexual Myths Scale (SMS): development, validity and reliability in Turkey. Sexuality and Disability, 34(1), 75-87.
• Johansson, F., Edlund, K., Sundgot-Borgen, J., Björklund, C., Côté, P., Onell, C., ... & Skillgate, E. (2024). Sexual harassment, sexual violence and subsequent depression and anxiety symptoms among Swedish university students: a cohort study. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 1-10.
• Karabulutlu, Ö. (2018). Sexual myths among university students by gender. Journal of Continuing Medical Education, 27(3), 155-164.
• Kartal, B. (2020). The effect of sexual health education on the sexual myths of nursing students. Andrology Bulletin, 22(3), 167-171.
• Leung, H., Shek, D. T., Leung, E., & Shek, E. Y. (2019). Development of contextually-relevant sexuality education: Lessons from a comprehensive review of adolescent sexuality education across cultures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(4), 621.
• Martyniuk, U., Dekker, A., Sehner, S., Richter-Appelt, H., & Briken, P. (2015). Religiosity, sexual myths, sex taboos, and pornography use: A cross-national comparison of Polish and German university students. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2015-2-4
• Navarro, J. C., & Ratajczak, K. (2022). Rape myth acceptance and general self-efficacy: Gender, race, and ethnic differences of knowing a sexual assault victim among university students. Violence Against Women, 28(15-16), 3762-3784.
• Örüklü, C., Dağci, D.G., & Çakmak, S. (2021). University students' perspective on sexual myths and related factors. IGUSABDER, (13), 71-87.
• Öz, H. G., Sözer, G. A., & Yangın, H. B. (2020). Nursing students’ belief in sexual myths and affecting factors. Ordu University Journal of Nursing Studies, 3(2), 136-145.
• Öz, H. G., Yangin, H. B., & Sözer, G. A. (2021). The effect of sexual health course on nursing students' sexual myths. Journal of Continuing Medical Education, 30(6), 400-408.
• Özsoy, S., & Bulut, S. (2017). The effects of the sexual health information course on the sexuality myths of nursing students. Journal of Women’s Health Nursing Jowhen, 3(2), 54-67.
• Sarpkaya Güder, D., & Tekbaş, S. (2022). The effect of sexual health course on students’ level of belief in sexual myths. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(2), 267-276.
• Sexual Education, Treatment and Research Association (CETAD). Youth and sexuality. Accessed March 21,2021. https://www.cetad.org.tr/CetadData/Books/43/pdf-dosyasini-indirmek-icin-tiklayiniz.pdf.
• Steele, B., Martin, M., Sciarra, A., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Degli Esposti, M., & Humphreys, D. K. (2024). The prevalence of sexual assault among higher education students: A systematic review with meta-analyses. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(3), 1885-1898.
• Ünlü Suvari, G., & Kaydırak, M. (2024). The effect of web based reproductive health education on sexual myths and risky behaviours in university students: a randomised controlled trial. Sex Education, 1-14. World Health Organization. Sexual Health. Accessed March 21, 2021. https://www.who.int/Health-Topics/Sexual-Health#Tab=Tab_2
• Yanikkerem, E., & Üstgörül, S. (2019). The thoughts about sexual health education of nursing students who took and did not take sexual health course. Journal of Inonu University Health Services Vocational School, 7(1), 12-27.