Character Education Model In Preventing Pre- Sexual Behavior In Rural And Urban Areas

Abstract

The low understanding and awareness of adolescents about premarital sexual behavior is one of the problems of adolescent reproductive health (KRR) in Indonesia. This can be seen from the high premarital sexual behavior in some teenagers which results in unwanted pregnancies. This study aims to determine the differences in trials of family-based adolescent character education models in preventing premarital sexual behavior in adolescents in rural and urban areas. This study was a quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design on 60 adolescents who were randomly selected in rural and urban areas. The results showed that the trial of the family-based adolescent character education model in the prevention of sexual behavior could increase knowledge, feelings and moral actions of urban and rural adolescents with p < 0.001. However, there was no significant difference in the increase in knowledge, feelings and moral actions with p > 0.05, so that trials of this model can be carried out in various regions so that support from various parties is needed for adolescent character education training to avoid premarital sexual behavior.