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Impact of Christian Faith on Adolescents’Sexuality Perception.

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2007, 8(), pp.300-320
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2007.8..300
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 30, 2007
  • Accepted : May 10, 2007

JOSEPH JEON 1,  Ham Hee Young 1

1성결대학교

ABSTRACT

This paper is to clarify the impact of Christian faith on adolescents’sexuality perception. When children grow up and enter adolescence, they not only experience physical maturation including voice change but also develop secondary sex characteristics, getting away from a sexual latency period. Adolescence is a time for growth spurts both physically and psychologically. Sexual hormonal changes speed up sexual development in boys and girls and increase their interests in and concerns about sex. Against this backdrop, this study explores desirable attitude and behavior toward sex among adolescents, taking distinctive aspects of the young into account. The study is based on the following three assumptions: first, there would be difference in sexuality perception between Christian and non-Christian youth. Second, there would be difference in sexuality perception among Christian adolescents in accordance with religious background of their family. Third, adolescents would demonstrate different views on premarital sex in accordance with family’s religious background. A survey was conducted on 314 junior high and high school students living in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Two types of tests questioning about Christian beliefs and sexuality perception respectively were utilized to prove the assumptions. The first test on Christian beliefs was first applied to Christian adolescents by Joseph Jeon in 1988 and has been altered for this study. The second test on sexuality perception was used by Kyungsook Lee at Gongju Graduate School of Educational Psychology in 2006 and has been adjusted for the study with careful consideration on reliability of survey results. To analyze 314 answer sheets collected, frequency analysis, t-test, and one way ANOVA were applied, using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 12.0. The conclusion of the study is as follows: Christian faith does not have significant impact on sexuality perception among the young. In contrast, the influence of the faith of adolescents themselves and their family as well as assur- ance of salvation on their views about premarital sex appears to be statistically significant. Boys and girls who have long been Christians or have assurance of salvation, or whose entire family believes in Christianity disclose negative views toward premarital sex. The study sheds light on the correlation between Christian belief and sexuality perception of adolescents and will lay the groundwork for teaching the youth sound culture and attitude toward sex.

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