Correlates of sexuality communication among mothers and 6–12‐year‐old children

Pluhar, Erika; DiIorio, Colleen; McCarty, Frances

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00807.x

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“…Mothers' education level has been associated with discussions in some studies (Byers, Sears, & Weaver, 2008;Leland & Barth, 1993;Romo, Nadeem, Au, & Sigman, 2004) but not others (Sly, Riehman, Wu, Eberstein, Quadagno, & Kistner, 1995). Some researchers have found positive associations between religiosity and sexual communication (Dilorio et al, 2000;Pluhar, Dilorio, & McCarty, 2008;White, Wright, & Barnes, 1995) and others have not (Sly et al, 1995). Still others find that the relationship depends on the topic (e.g., sex and birth control versus sexual values) (Regnerus, 2005).…”

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Parents' Plans to Discuss Sexuality with Their Young Children

El-Shaieb¹,

Wurtele

2009

American Journal of Sexuality Education

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Two hundred and fourteen (214) parents of young children (M age = 6.75 years) were surveyed about their plans for sexuality discussions with their children. Parents were asked to indicate when they would first discuss sex education with their children for 15 specific topics, how effective they perceived themselves to be at discussing each topic, and to describe their experiences receiving sex education from their own parents. Parents reported being educated mostly by their mothers and rated both of their parents as ineffective educators. Compared to a similar survey of parents conducted in 1982, parents in the current study intended to discuss sexual abuse at an earlier age but to delay discussing genital differences, birth, and reproduction. Compared to fathers, mothers intended to discuss sexuality at earlier ages and anticipated being more effective. Intended age of discussion differed between ethnic groups and between parents who described themselves as being religious versus not religious. Parents' intentions to discuss varied between sons and daughters for certain topics, and there were two topics that a considerable number of parents did not intend to discuss with their children (i.e., masturbation and nocturnal emissions). Suggestions for helping parents communicate more comfortably with their young children about sexuality topics are offered.

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Parents' Plans to Discuss Sexuality with Their Young Children

El-Shaieb¹,

Wurtele

2009

American Journal of Sexuality Education

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“…The relationship is such that as daughters age, mothers communicate about more topics. This is not surprising, as mothers may feel that some topics are less appropriate for younger girls, but this is an important finding in relation to the importance of communicating early (Byers, Sears, & Weaver, 2008;Pluhar, DiIorio, & McCarty, 2008;Somers & Paulson, 2000). While mothers may not believe that certain topics are appropriate for younger ages, these girls may benefit from earlier discussions, especially when parents are likely to be underestimating risk behaviors (Bylund, Imes, & Baxter, 2005;Deffenbaugh, Hutchinson, & Blankschen, 1993;Eisenberg et al, 2006;Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1998;Swain, Ackerman, & Ackerman, 2006;Young & Zimmerman, 1998).…”

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“…Moreover, parent-child communication around risky health behavior that does occur is thought to happen too late in an adolescent's life (Somers & Paulson, 2000), and mothers are more likely to talk about sex with older children (Byers, Sears, & Weaver, 2008;Pluhar, DiIorio, & McCarty, 2008 …”

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Mother–Daughter Communication About Sex: The Influence of Authoritative Parenting Style

Askelson

Campo

Smith

2012

Health Communication

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Parent-child communication about sex has been shown to delay sexual activity and increase contraceptive and condom use. The influence of authoritative parenting style and mothers' perception of daughters' risk on communication about sex was examined in this study. Mothers in a random sample (n=283) with daughters aged 9-15 years were mailed surveys asking about communication with their daughters regarding 11 sex-related topics. Multivariate linear regression was used to assess the influence of authoritative parenting style and mothers' perceptions of risk on the number of topics communicated about and age of the daughter at time of communication for a variety of sexual health communication topics. Authoritative parenting style was related to the number of topics communicated about and was a predictor of age of daughter at the time of communication about sexual intercourse, menstruation, dating/relationships, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS, alcohol, contraceptives, and abstinence, while perceptions of risk were not significant influencers of age at the time of communication for any topics. This research points to the importance of parenting style in determining the timing of parent-child communication about sexual and other risk behaviors.

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“…The level of comfort parents feel in addressing sexuality may be related to their own feelings of effectiveness and confidence (Ballard & Gross, 2009;Byers, Sears, & Weaver, 2008;Pluhar, Dilorio, & McCarty, 2008).…”

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“…There is an abundance of research indicating that mothers are responsible for sexual health education. Mothers teach youth gender role expectations, including the role of sexuality in relationships (Averett et al, 2008;Dittus, Jaccard, & Gordon, 1999;Lam, Russell, Tan, & Leong, 2008;Pluhar et al, 2008;Stiffler, Sims, & Stem, 2007). Mothers also recall that they felt more open to discuss sexual relationships with children than what male parents felt.…”

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Beforeplay: Family stories, teen and adult parents and sexual health communication.

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Correlates of sexuality communication among mothers and 6–12‐year‐old children

Abstract: Mother's self-efficacy and comfort are potentially modifiable variables and therefore should be taken into consideration when designing interventions that aim to increase parent-child communication about sexuality.

Cited by 69 publications

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Parents' Plans to Discuss Sexuality with Their Young Children

Parents' Plans to Discuss Sexuality with Their Young Children

Mother–Daughter Communication About Sex: The Influence of Authoritative Parenting Style

Beforeplay: Family stories, teen and adult parents and sexual health communication.

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