Sex Role Identities and Attitudes on the Sexual Violence of Female College Students.

Sung,  Mi Hae

doi:2010.19.4.374

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 19(4); 2010 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2010;19(4):374-381.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.4.374 Published online December 31, 2010.

Sex Role Identities and Attitudes on the Sexual Violence of Female College Students.

Mi Hae Sung

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea. nursmh@inje.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This investigation was carried out to understand how various sex role identities in female college students affect attitudes on the sexual violence. METHODS: From September 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008, the questionnaire composed of instruments developed by Park (2002) and Shin (2004) was distributed to 295 female college students. Frequency, chi2 test, ANOVA were conducted for data analysis using SPSS/WIN 10.0 Program. RESULTS: In the four kinds of sex role identity, Androgyny type was most common (30.7%). There was significant difference between the sex role identity and communication for conflict. Subjects have positive attitudes on the sexual violence. And there was significant difference between the sex role identity and attitudes on the sexual violence. CONCLUSION: Sex role identity has to be considered in research and practice about sexual violence. The program that focus on problem solving of sexual education for subjects who were undifferentiated typed group, should be provided.

Key Words: Sex role identity; Sexual behavior