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| Published: December 28, 2021

Attitude and Knowledge Towards Sexual or Reproductive Health among Young Adults

Tanisha Kawatra

Masters in Clinical Psychology, SGT University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.164.20210904

DOI: 10.25215/0904.164

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This study was planned to study and compare the attitude and knowledge towards sexual and reproductive health between males and female. It was a cross sectional study where a group of young adults, males and females, were selected, ranging from age 18 to 25 year, for participation and correlation was studied between the two measures i.e., attitude and knowledge towards sexual and reproductive health. Brief Sexual Attitude Scale, and Knowledge questionnaire was provided to participants and data was collected. According to the results, there was no significant relationship between attitude towards sexual and reproductive health, and knowledge towards sexual and reproductive health, also, it was found that females show significantly positive attitude in the domain of permissiveness, birth control, and communion and not in instrumentality as compared to males. It was also found that there is no significant difference between males and females in the domain of knowledge towards sexual and reproductive health.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.164.20210904

10.25215/0904.164

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 4, October- December, 2021