Engelsk titel: Medical students’ intention to talk about sexuality in clinical practice
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Författare:
Fischer, Nantje
;
Traeen, Bente
Email: nantje.fischer@psykologi.uio.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 65
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16113520
Sammanfattning
The purpose of this study was to assess medical students’ intention to ask their patients about
sexuality. Data was collected from a self-selected sample of 411 medical students at the universities
in Tromsø, Trondheim, and Bergen. The results showed that, on average, medical students reported
low levels of self-perceived competence related to the management of sexual problems in clinical
practice. They also exhibited low levels of self-efficacy with regard to addressing non-traditional
sexual issues. In addition, the results indicated that the intention to talk about sexuality in future
clinical practice was predicted by sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes, self-efficacy, and
competence. The most important factor for the prediction of intention was the attitude "normalization
of sexuality." Students with more self-perceived competence and more self-efficacy had a stronger
intention to talk about sexuality in their future practice.