The Pornographic Exposure and Premarital Sexual Behavior among Senior High School Students in Tangerang Selatan Municipality
Muhammad Regiansyah, Narila Mutia Nasir, Raihana Nadra Alkaff, Dela Aristi

Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Adolescents has unique characteristics and they can easily affected by negative things from their surroundings such as exposure to pornography, due to their high level of curiosity and the easy access to pornography which may cause problems such as premarital sexual behavior. This study aimed to determine the correlation between the exposures of pornography and premarital sexual behavior among Senior High School Students in Tangerang Selatan Municipality, Indonesia. This study used a cross sectional research design. Using proportional random sampling, we recruited 111 students in X Senior High School as respondents. The data were analyzed using a chi square test. The study results showed that 81% of students were exposed to pornographic material. We found that 77% of them have accessed pornographic material at home. Website (86%) and Twitter (54%) were used to access pornographic material. 31% of them acknowledged that they accessed pornographic material because of curiosity. There were 25% of students admitted that they did premarital sexual behavior. It also found that 53% of students having premarital sexual intercourse in their home or their partner^s home. There was a significant relationship between exposure of pornography and premarital sexual behavior among X Senior High School Students, Tangerang Selatan Municipality (p value = 0.034). The further analysis also indicated that parent^s role had associated with the premarital sexual behavior. It is suggested that parent should establish good communication with their children to reduce the opportunity of them to be exposed to pornography material which can lead to premarital sexual behavior.

Keywords: Premarital sexual behavior, pornographic exposure, parental role, adolescent

Topic: Public Health and Global Health