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Direct linkRaisa Cacciatore; Lotta Öhrmark; Julia Kontio; Dan Apter; Susanne Ingman-Friberg; Markus Jokela; Nina Sajaniemi; Julia Korkman; Riittakerttu Kaltiala – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Only a very few studies to date have comprehensively assessed children's knowledge of sexuality. In this study, we examined the level of sexual knowledge among children aged 3-6 years in Finland. We analysed children's explanations of what they saw in drawings related to genital naming, conception and childbirth, safety skills, and adult sexual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Sex Education, Young Children
Savolainen, Jukka; Mason, W. Alex; Hughes, Lorine A.; Ebeling, Hanna; Hurtig, Tuula M.; Taanila, Anja M. – Youth & Society, 2015
There are strong reasons to assume that early onset of puberty accelerates coital debut among adolescent girls. Although many studies support this assumption, evidence regarding the putative causal processes is limited and inconclusive. In this research, longitudinal data from the 1986 Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study (N = 2,596) were used to…
Descriptors: Puberty, Females, Adolescents, Sexuality
Santtila, Pekka; Sandnabba, Kenneth N.; Wannas, Malin; Krook, Katja – Early Child Development and Care, 2005
The purpose of the present research was to explore the sexual behavior of children in Finnish daycare centers in order to identify subsets of homogeneous behaviors. The aim was also to explore effects of moderating factors, such as negative life events and behavioral disturbances, on the presence of variables within these subsets. A representative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Sexuality, Stress Variables
