Ebeveynlerin Cinsel Gelişim ve Mahremiyet Eğitimi Konusundaki Görüşleri

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge level of parents who have children between the ages of 6 and 12 on sexual development and privacy education and to examine the socio-demographic factors that affect their knowledge. The population and sample of the study consisted of 252 parents who participated in training programs on sexual development and intimacy education. An interview form was used to collect data. In this form; It includes information on whether he received training on sexuality, who received the information from the first person, whether there was any discrimination about his sexual identity in his family, who received the privacy education from the first in the family, whether the child changed his diaper with other people, when he allocated his child's room, whether he gave the child privacy training. The phenomenology method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study and the data were collected by semi-structured interview method. As a result of the descriptive analysis of the data, parents stated that family type affects privacy education in children; They stated that parental attitudes and family income are effective in privacy education and that issues related to privacy are experienced intensely especially in the age group of 6-12. A small number of participants in our study made the correct definition of sexuality and intimacy. A significant relationship was found according to the results of the chi-square test conducted to determine the relationship between the education he received on sexuality and privacy and the child's privacy education (49.489 and p = 0.014 <0.05). The privacy education given to the child differs according to the education received on sexuality. All of the parents also stated that the broadcasts watched in mass media should be taken under control.