Pre-marital sex among Seventh-day Adventist youth in Botswana and possibilities for preventative action

• Main Author: Orapeleng, Galenakgosi M.
• Other Authors: Hestenes, M.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Seventh-day Adventist; Youth; Pre-marital sex; Christian education; Practical theology; True education; Abstinence; Society; Bible; Marriage; God; Character; Virginity; Children; Maturity; Sex instruction for youth > Religious aspects > Seventh-Day Adventists.; Teenagers > South Africa > Botswana > Sexual behavior > Seventh-Day Adventists.; Sex > Religious aspects > Seventh-Day Adventists.; Sexual ethics for teenagers > Seventh-Day Adventists.; Youth > South Africa|zBotswana > Sexual behavior > Seventh-Day Adventists.; Teenagers > South Africa > Botswana > Life skills guides.; Teenagers > Pastoral counseling of > South Africa > Botswana.; Seventh-Day Adventists > South Africa > Botswana.
• Online Access: Orapeleng, Galenakgosi M. (2009) Pre-marital sex among Seventh-day Adventist youth in Botswana and possibilities for preventative action, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/672>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/672

This research set out to investigate factors that lead to seemingly prevalent pre-marital sex by Botswana Seventhday Adventist youth aging between 12 and 30 years. A 31- item questionnaire, divided into four sections, was used on a group of 45 youths. It was discovered that 78% of the youths studied had been involved in pre-marital sex at some point in their lives. Thirty-seven percent were still practicing it. The most vulnerable age range was 14 to 18 years, but some had started experimenting with sex as early as six years. Some of the contributing factors to the youth's involvement in sex included media, friends and lack of knowledge due to parents not giving them guidance.Prevention of pre-marital sex can be made possible by the cooperation of entities like the family, the church, the school and the individual. Hence, the suggested model called the Integrated Sexuality Education. === Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology === M. Th. (Practical Theology)