Public display of affection

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National Economics University
Faculty of National Education
Public display of
affection
Group: Lavender
Cao Thu Hiền
Trần Ngọc Khánh
Vương Thu Trâm
Nguyễn Minh Quân
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Acknowledgement
First, we want to thank our teacher, Miss Thu Mai, who has always enthusiastically helped us,
who is always ready to give us guidance and answers to our questions. Besides, without the
help from the students and parents, who provided us the information, we wouldn't be able to
collect these exact statistics and finish this report. Although our survey was carried out in a
small area and the result we got might not be completely exact, we believe that this is the first
step of later bigger and more professional surveys.
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Contents
Chapter I: Background
- Rationale
- Purpose
- Methodology
- Objections
Chapter II: General Argument
Chapter III: Real situation

Chapter IV: Attitude
Chapter V: Reasons and consequences
Chapter VI: Solutions
Chapter VII: Conclusion
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Chapter I: Background
Rationale:
In Viet Nam nowadays, with the development of many aspect of life society, many
things has been changed forever. For example the technology, the cultural traditional, the
attitude of people… With the imported habits of the West and American culture, the youth
people in Viet Nam now are very active, creative and stylish. On the other hand, many habits
which not suitable for the Vietnamese youth has been imported, too. One of the most concerned
issues is the public displays of affection. A boy with a girl in a public place and they are show
their intensive sense, like hugging or even kissing each other. Is this a good scene or bad scene
if their parents or their friends see that, or what about you if you see that scene? We want to
find the opinions of all students and adults to find it, is this suitable for the Vietnamese young
people or it is offensive and annoying the others.
Purpose:
According to the rationale which we mentioned above, PDA is a hot problem in society
now although it has just appeared in Vietnam recently. Surely, most people have ever
witnessed or thought about this problem. Noticeably, the matter often appears on web-site very
popularly and is taken interest by many people, especially young people. When we decided to
choose this matter, we thought carefully and defined our main purposes. First of all, we brought
out the questionnaire and learned on Internet to know the real situation of PDA. Thence, we
hope we may paint the most real picture as much as we can to show for IBD students. Besides,
an integral purpose of us is about the attitude of people, especially young people and parents. In
our point of view, their opinion is just the best answer for "is PDA right or wrong?" question.
Finally, it is necessary for us to find out direct and indirect causes which lead to the population

of PDA in society now. From that causes, we hope we will find out the best effective solutions
to solve or at least, reduce this situation.
Methodology
To have a facilitate reseach, we have set some spcecific methods. Firstly, our group has
decided to design questionnaire for studentds. We will go to the university to deliver the
questionnaires in one class at the beginning of a period. Then we will collect them during
breaktime. Secondly, we will interview face to face with some adults to see clearly their
statements about this subject. Moreover, we will search for information on the Internet, in
magazines, newspapers to make our research more various.
Objections:
Our group decided to choose the students in some university and the students in some
high schools in Hanoi
In addition, some adults in Hanoi
Chapter II: General Argument
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PDA always seems to be a fresh problem in Vietnam in particular and Asia in general.
Therefore, up to now, there are hardly ever any researches about PDA in Vietnam. In contrast
to this, PDA is quite popular in abroad and become a feature of foreign lifestyle. In recent
years, a substantial amount of research has been carried out in foreign countries. Typical of
them is a research of Journal of Young Investigators on 10 October 2008 (www.jyi.org). Using
two measures of self-report, they determined the prevalence of various displays of affection in
public places on the campus of the University of the South (Sewanee). A questionnaire was
administered to 260 Sewanee students living in dorms on campus. As a result, with 34.1% of
questionnaire participants reporting are having engaged in prolonged kissing in public in the
semester during which the study was conducted. 57.9% of interview participants reported
having engaged in prolonged kissing in public at some point during their time at Sewanee.
Their results show that PDAs are common on the Sewanee campus. A lot of other research also
showed results like this.

Question 7: Have you ever engaged in prolonged kissing (making out) in a public place at Sewanee this semester.
Question 8: Have you ever engaged in more intimate acts than just prolonged kissing in a public place at Sewanee this
semester
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