The Internet has developed rapidly with the increasingly advanced age. This is evidenced by the increase in the number of Internet users, especially among teenagers. Adolescents are in the stage of development towards adulthood. Therefore, it may affect their knowledge and behavior if they cannot use the Internet wisely. This study aims to determine the relationship of Internet use with sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior. This study used a cross-sectional approach on 413 adolescents according to the inclusion criteria through purposive sampling method. The characteristics of the respondents in this study are age, gender, gadget ownership, internet access, daily internet usage, social media used, place of internet access, access to sexual content, and joining sexually related groups on social media. The independent variable in this study is Internet use. The dependent variable in this study is sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior among adolescents. The results showed a significant relationship between access to the internet, social media used, and place to access the internet with sexuality knowledge (p-value <0.05). In addition, the results also showed a significant relationship between social media used, accessing sexual content, joining sexually related groups on social media, and internet use with sexual behavior (p-value <0.05). Researchers suggest to supervise the use of internet in adolescents to parents, then education and promotion by health services related to sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior."
The Internet has developed rapidly with the increasingly advanced age. This is evidenced by the increase in the number of Internet users, especially among teenagers. Adolescents are in the stage of development towards adulthood. Therefore, it may affect their knowledge and behavior if they cannot use the Internet wisely. This study aims to determine the relationship of Internet use with sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior. This study used a cross-sectional approach on 413 adolescents according to the inclusion criteria through purposive sampling method. The characteristics of the respondents in this study are age, gender, gadget ownership, internet access, daily internet usage, social media used, place of internet access, access to sexual content, and joining sexually related groups on social media. The independent variable in this study is Internet use. The dependent variable in this study is sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior among adolescents. The results showed a significant relationship between access to the internet, social media used, and place to access the internet with sexuality knowledge (p-value <0.05). In addition, the results also showed a significant relationship between social media used, accessing sexual content, joining sexually related groups on social media, and internet use with sexual behavior (p-value <0.05). Researchers suggest to supervise the use of internet in adolescents to parents, then education and promotion by health services related to sexuality knowledge and sexual behavior."