title: [Effects of a maternal sexuality education program for mothers of preschoolers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of a maternal sexuality education program for mothers of preschoolers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental with non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was conducted. The participants were 55 mothers of preschoolers in G city (Experimental group=27, Control group=28). The experimental group received the maternal sexuality education, and the control group received the program after the experiment. Data were collected during October and November 2012 through self-administered questionnaires at two times: prior to the intervention and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using χ²-test, Fisher's exact test and t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the intervention, mothers in the experimental group reported significant differences in knowledge of sex (t=3.74, p<.001), attitude toward sex (t=4.31, p<.001), parent-efficacy on child sexuality education (t=11.96, p<.001). compared to mothers in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that a sexuality education program for mothers of preschoolers is effective in improving knowledge of sex, attitude toward sex, and parent-efficacy on child sexuality education. Therefore further study should be done with larger and varied participants to confirm the effects of sexuality education programs for mothers of preschoolers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Mi
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young-Ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Kweon
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012736:Sex Education / Q000592:standards*; D019529:Sexuality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Attitude; Efficacy; Knowledge; Mother; Sex education