Abstract
This study aims to understand the profile of young children’s sexual curiosity behaviors and the impact of different children's backgrounds. An online questionnaire survey was conducted, targeting parents of public and private kindergartens in Hsinchu County and City, using stratified random sampling. A total of 677 valid questionnaires were collected. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and ANOVA were used for data analysis. The results showed that (1) among the seven types, "questioning about sex" had the highest proportion, followed by "body exploration (non-contact)" and "genital self-touching". There are nine common behaviors of sexual curiosity. (2) significant differences exist in certain behavioral types according to gender, age, and sibling status. Boys are more likely to engage in "body-boundary interaction" and "genital self-touching," and girls are more likely to engage in "sexual curiosity play" and "questioning about sex." Children under 4 years old have more "body exploration (contact)", and the older they are, the more "questioning about sex" they have; children with siblings under 6 years old have more "sexual language in speech" and "questioning about sex ". (3) There is no significant difference in the time spent using 3C, but there is a significant difference in the type of programs watched in terms of sexual curiosity behavior. (4) Six behaviors are similar to Taiwan research findings, and two are similar to foreign research findings. Interest in genitals is cross-culturally common. The article concludes with the study's limitations and suggestions for future research.