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Attitude change in a human sexuality course that de‐emphasizes small group activities
Author(s) -
THOMAS J. L.,
SCOTT L. K.,
BROOKS C. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1980.tb02270.x
Subject(s) - human sexuality , homosexuality , psychology , sexual behavior , social psychology , developmental psychology , gender studies , psychoanalysis , sociology
Summary The attitudes of second‐year medical students were measured to determine if positive attitude changes could be obtained in a human sexuality course that de‐emphasized small group activities. Students were given a semantic differential instrument and were asked to rate four concepts related to human sexuality: (a) my sexuality, (b) masturbation, (c) homosexuality, and (d) my role in understanding sexual problems. Significant changes in student attitudes were reported at the 0.05 level for the concept, my sexuality; at the 0.01 level for the concept, my role in understanding sexual problems; and at the 0.001 level for the concepts, homosexuality and masturbation. Females had more positive attitudes ( P 0.001), pre and post, towards homosexuality than did males. No significant differences were found between married and single students.