Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap Remaja Dengan Tindakan Seks Pranikah pada Siswa Kelas XI Di SMK Negeri 2 Manado

Abstract

Adolescent is defined as a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. Adolescent age limit according to the
World Health Organization (WHO) is 12 to 24 years. Problems that often experienced by adolescents today are issues
surrounding sexuality, especially premarital sex. Some studies show that 20 years ago, adolescents that approved
premarital sex are around 1.2% - 9.6%, and then 10 years later rose to above 10% and 5 years later that percentage
rose to 17%. Act of premarital sex is determined by the knowledge and attitudes held by adolescents. The purpose of
this study was to analyze the relationship between adolescents knowledge and attitudes with premarital sex acts of
second grade senior high school students in SMK Negeri 2 Manado.This research is an analytical cross-sectional studies
design. Samples in this research are 82 respondents teens who have match the criteria. From the overall 82 adolescent
respondents show that most adolescent are well knowledge with the percentage of 52.4%, the attitude is dominated
with positive attitude with a percentage of 54.9%, and the acts is dominated with good acts that is 61.0%. Chi-
Square Test results indicate that there is significant relationship between knowledge and premarital sex acts (p =
0.000) and no significant relationship between attitudes to premarital sex acts (p = 0.000). Overview of the
knowledge, attitudes, and premarital sex acts of second grade senior high school students in SMK Negeri 2 Manado
obtained good. There is a relationship between knowledge of adolescents with premarital sex acts. There is a relationship
between attitudes with premarital sex acts. Conclusion : Overview of the knowledge, attitudes, and premarital
sex acts of second grade senior high school students in SMK Negeri 2 Manado obtained good. There is a relationship
between knowledge of adolescents with premarital sex acts. There is a relationship between attitudes with premarital
sex acts.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Acts, Premarital Sex, Adolescent