SEX BEHAVIOR ATTITUDE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN RELATION TO GENDER AND STREAM
Keywords:
Sex Behaviour Attitude, Arts and Science Boys and Girls College StudentsAbstract
The present study aimed to know the attitude towards sex behavior among college students in relation to gender and stream. It also aimed to check attitude towards sex behavior with reference to gender and stream. The Sex Behaviour Attitude Scale (SBAS) prepared by Dr. Yashvir Singh (Revised) (2015) was used. The sample constituted total 160 employees out of which 80 were from gender (40 boys and 40 girls) and 80 from stream (40 arts college students and 40 science college students). The data was collected from various colleges of Ahmedabad City. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ‘F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that (1) Therefore it could be said that, the girls college students show high sex behaviour attitude than boys college Students, (2) There is no significant difference between the mean score of the sex behaviour attitude among college students of arts and science stream, and (3) Therefore it could be said that, the girl college students of science stream show high sex behaviour attitude than girl college students of arts stream.
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