Abstract

This cross sectional study was done to find out the situation of computer online pornography access by 4th to 6th grade elementary school students. The subjects of this study were three elementary schools in Andong which were selected randomly and 120 students randomly selected from 4 th to 6th grade for a total of 360 students. The questionnaire was composed with the help of a community health nursing professor and through the reference review. The collected data were analysed by a PC SPAA 10.0 according to school grade and sex and chi2-test was implemented to learn what percent of students have computers and softwear which prohibit the viewing of online pornography access motivation and time content viewed attitude after accessing the contents and opinions about somputer online pornography. The results of this study were as follows: 1. A total of 86.1% of students had computers at home. Most students placed computers in their own room. 78.9% of students had computer online communication experience. Higher grade students tended to have more experience of communications on the internet (P<0.001) Most students used computers more than one hour a day(P<0.05). They used computers according to the following priorities: game studying listening to music communications chatting. 2. Regarding the frequency of going computer online more than seven times per week male students showed a higher frequency than female students (P<0.05) Male students used computers more than one hour a day and female students less than half an hour (P<0.001) Male students mostly used computers to play computer games. On the other hand female students used the computer to study listen to music and chat (P<0.001) 3. Regarding software installation to prevent access of computer online pornography a total of 19.4% of students responded they installed one but 80.6% didn't have any 20.3% of students had accessed pornography 46.6% of students responded they first get to know to the computer online pornography through friends. 4. The reasons for accessing computer online pornography were ranked as follows: curiostiy interest to release stress and sex drive (p<0.05) Obscene contents were found in computer games pictures and video among these pictures were the most common. 5. Regarding students' attitude toward online pornography most students responded that they took much pleasure in the contents(P<0.05). 6. Regarding th question 'Does online pornography degarde morals and cause a sex crime' most students responded as 'no'. They also responded positively to the suggestion that the contents would be effective in preventing sex crimes and to release stress 74.7% of students responded that males'n access of the contents as proper but females' access as immoral. Regarding social efforts to protect students from this harmful environment most replied that those efforts were unnecessary (P<0.001).