Özel Gereksinimli Çocuğu Olan Anne Babaların Cinsel Eğitime Yönelik Tutumlarının İncelenmesi
Özet
In this study, it was aimed to examine the attitudes of parents with children with special needs towards sexual education in terms of different variables. The research was designed in the descriptive survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The study group consisted of 105 mothers and 46 fathers of children with special needs, who were selected through purposive sampling method. Data were collected using the Demographic Information Form and the Attitudes Toward Sexual Education Scale (ATES). According to the analyses, it was concluded that the attitudes of parents with children with special needs towards sexual education did not differ according to the age, gender of the parents, gender of the child with special needs, birth order, age at diagnosis and duration of receiving special education. The educational level of the parents caused a significant difference in the Avoidance sub-dimension of the scale and in the Attitude Towards General Sexual Education dimension. Accordingly, it can be said that an increase in the level of education decreases the avoidance of sexual education. In addition, it is seen that the attitudes of higher education graduates towards sexual education are more positive than those of primary school graduates. In terms of the number of children of the parents, there was a statistically significant difference in the Professional Support and Respect for Differences sub-dimensions. In the aforementioned dimensions, it can be said that parents with one child scored higher than those with three children, in other words, they exhibited more positive attitudes towards sexual education. In addition, it was concluded that parents whose all children were of the same gender had more positive attitudes towards Professional Support and Respect for Differences, Role of Parents, Belief in Necessity and Attitudes Towards General Sex Education than parents whose children were of different genders.
