Audiovisual Media as an Effort to Increase Adolescents’ Knowledge of Free Sex

Abstract

Adolescence is a life period between childhood and adulthood, characterized by the maturity of the reproductive organs. In this period, sexual development and drive are common and reasonable. However, if they have poor control, they will follow negative behavior. In many cases, they will explore a lot of new things and most of them will engage in free sex. This study aimed to determine the effect of utilizing audiovisual media during health education on the knowledge of free sex among adolescents. This research used one group pretest-posttest design. The populations were all students of Muhammadiyah Vocational High School 1 Lamongan. The samples were 37 respondents who were obtained by simple random sampling in March 2024. In this research, health education using audiovisual media was the independent variable, while adolescents’ knowledge of free sex was the dependent variable. A closed-questionnaire was employed to collect the data. The collected data were then analyzed by using the Wilcoxon-signed rank test. To conclude, audiovisual media are very beneficial in improving adolescents’ knowledge of free sex, and it is suggested to use in the similar activities.