Abstract
Adolescent have high sense of curiosity but lack opportunity to obtain information and knowledge about reproductive health. Lack of parental support in providing knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health causes them to seek alternative sources of information such as from friends and the internet where they end up accessing pornography. This study aims to analyze the relationship between gender, attitudes about virginity, dating, adolescents’ level of knowledge on reproductive health, parents’ education level as well as parent-to-child communication on reproductive health with pornographic access behavior in high school students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. We purposively selected370 high school students aged 17-18 years old living with their parents. . The questionnaire was tested for validity and reliability. The chi square analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between gender, attitudes about man virginity, woman virginity and dating, mother's education level, father's education level and mother-child communication about reproductive health with pornographic access behavior (p-value <0.05). There is no relationship between the level of knowledge about adolescent reproductive health and communication between father and child about reproductive health with pornographic access behavior (p-value >0.05). The most significant factor that influenced the behavior of access to pornography is mother-to-child communication on reproductive health (p-value 0.003; PR 2.941; CI 95% 1.459-5.928). Improved communication between the mother and child about reproductive health will have a positive impact on reducing the amount of pornographic access by high school students.
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