Parent-Teen Communication About Sexual Topics

Abstract

Parent-teen communication about sexual topics was examined in 666 mother-teen and 510 father-teen pairs. Parents and their 8th- through 12th-grade children completed parallel surveys that assessed demographic, relationship, and attitudinal variables hypothesized to be linked to sexual communication. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine which variables were linked to teens' reports of “one good talk” about each of three sexual topics (whether teen sex is okay, the dangers of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and birth control) in the past year. Aside from gender of parents and teens, demographic variables were largely nonsignificant in the final models. Instead, relationship and attitudinal variables were linked to sexual discussions in both mother-teen and father-teen dyads. Discussion focused on implications for program development and directions for future research.

Predictors of Adolescent Sexual Intentions and Behavior: Attitudes, Parenting, and Neighborhood Risk

“…The general consensus in the literature base is that female children are more likely to be the recipients of discussions about sex than male children, and the sex discussions are more extensive for females (Jaccard & Dittus, 1991;Raffaelli, Bogenschneider, & Flood, 1998 Unlike communication, the joint construct of parental monitoring does not appear to differ along gender lines (DeVore & Ginsburg, 2005). Some research suggests that mothers may know more than fathers about daily activities of their adolescent, and that high knowledge of activities is associated with lower risk behavior (Stattin & Kerr, 2000).…”

Mothers as Participants in Family Sexual Culture

“…Autoři Lefkowitz a Stoppa (2006, s. 116) a Shtarkshall et al (2007) se shodují na tom, že sexuální socializace "je jedním z druhů socializace, který je typicky zahrnut v rodinném prostředí a směřován k ovlivňování dětí v rámci fyzického vývoje, fyzické náklonnosti, cudnosti, nahotě, genderových rozdílů, sexuálního chování, manželství apod.". Autoři hovoří o tom, že primárním prostředím pro tento druh socializace je rodina, a na základě prostudovaných výzkumů uvedených výše však můžeme říci, že primárním sexuálně socializačním činitelem je pak matka (Dilorio, Kelley, & Hockenberry-Eaton, 1999;Dilorio, Pluhar, & Belcher, 2003;Feldman & Rosenthal, 2000;Jerman & Constantine, 2010;King & Lorusso, 1997;Macdowall et al, 2006;Miller, Kotchick, Dorsey, Forehand, & Ham, 1998;Nolin & Petersen, 1992;Raffaelli, Bogenschneider, & Flood, 1998;Sprecher, Harris, & Meyers, 2008;Swain, Ackerman, & Ackerman, 2006;Weiss & Zvěřina, 2001). Já se v tomto příspěvku soustřeďuji právě na matku jako aktivní součást sexuální socializace a nositele rodinné sexuální kultury.…”

“…Jerman & Constantine, 2010;King & Lorusso, 1997;Raffaelli, Bogenschneider, & Flood, 1998;Sprecher, Harris, & Meyers, 2008) vyznačuje nezáměrným působením. Je pro ni typický oboustranný přenos, jak od rodičů k dětem, tak od dětí k rodičům (Sprecher, Harris, & Meyers, 2008 Z výše uvedeného tedy vyplývá, že produktem sexuální socializace v rodině je mimo jiné rodinná sexuální kultura, která bývá reprodukována prostřednictvím záměrného i nezáměrného působení socializačních činitelů, z nichž významnou roli hraje především matka.…”

“…Dilorio, Kelley, & Hockenberry-Eaton, 1999;Dilorio, Pluhar, & Belcher, 2003;Feldman & Rosenthal, 2000;Jerman & Constantine, 2010;King & Lorusso, 1997;Macdowall et al, 2006;Raffaelli, Bogenschneider, & Flood, 1998;Sprecher, Harris, & Meyers, 2008;Swain, Ackerman, & Ackerman, 2006). O dalších součástech sexuální socializace literatura příliš nemluví.…”

A Turkish Adaptation of Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication Scale

“…Özellikle ergenlik ve beliren yetişkinlik dönemindeki konuşmaların daha çok cinsel ilişki ile cinsel sağlık üzerine olduğu görülmektedir (Lefkowitz, Bone ve Shearer, 2003). Batıda yapılan çalışmalarda, annelerin çocuklarıyla daha çok AIDS başta olmak üzere cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıklar (Miller, Kotchick, Dorsey, Forehand ve Ham 1998;Raffaelli, Bogenschneider ve Flood, 1998), güvenli cinsellik ve doğum kontrolü (Beckett ve ark., 2010; Santa Maria ve ark., 2014) hakkında konuştuğu belirtilmektedir. Ülkemizde yapılan çalışmalarda ise ebeveynlerin çocuklarına en çok ergenlik dönemi değişiklikleri, adet kanaması, kadın-erkek vücut farklılıkları ve gebelikten korunma yöntemleri hakkında bilgi verdiği görülürken (Kömürcü, Aksayan ve Yıldırım, 1990;Özan, Aras, Şemin ve Orçın, 2004), en az cinsel ilişki hakkında bilgi verdikleri saptanmıştır (Akın, Ege, Arıkan, Bursa ve Demirören, 2010).…”