The Effect of Pre-Marital Explorer Game towards Adolescents’ Knowledge Regarding Pre-Marital Sex behavior

Authors

  • Herinawati Department of Midwifery, Health Ministry Polytechnic of Jambi, Indonesia
  • Nuraidah Polytechnic of Health Ministry-Jambi
  • Lia Mardianah Polytechnic of Health Ministry-Jambi
  • Ambo Sengngeng
  • Iksaruddin

Keywords:

Pre-Marital Explorer, Game Media, Knowledge, premarital sexual behavior, adolescents

Abstract

This study aimed to identify knowledge level of adolescent regarding premarital sex behavior and examine effect of Pre-Marital Explorer game on adolescents’ knowledge about pre-marital sexual behavior. Population sample in this study was adolescents in Jambi, Indonesia. This study used the Pre Experimental method with the design of One Group Pretest-posttest. The sampling technique was the quota sampling method with 765 respondents. The tools in this study were the premarital explorer game and questionnaire to measure the effectiveness of the game and its effects on respondents’ knowledge. The results showed that most teenagers had less knowledge about premarital sexual behavior before Pre-Marital Explorer game media introduced. The participants found that game could be as valuable as learning in school without realizing that it is a designed-game for learning premarital sex behavior and to make them understand how to overcome the premarital sex behavior. The premarital explorer could improve adolescents’ mental capacities to deal with premarital sexual behavior. Hence, Pre-Marital Explorer proved that it positively educating students regarding premarital sex behavior. Data showed that almost all students (764) understand about premarital sex behavior from the game and their post-test score increasingly enhanced after the game.

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2021-07-07

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Herinawati, Nuraidah, Mardianah, L. ., Sengngeng, A. ., & Iksaruddin. (2021). The Effect of Pre-Marital Explorer Game towards Adolescents’ Knowledge Regarding Pre-Marital Sex behavior. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 59(1), 250–260. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/12728

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